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USS Buchanan (DDG-14)
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 USS Buchanan (DDG-14) |
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| Career U.S. |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 23 April 1959 |
| Launched: | 11 May 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 7 February 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 October 1991 |
| Struck: | 20 November 1992 |
| Status: | sunk as a target, 14 June 2000 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,500 tons Full Load |
| Length: | 437 ft (133.2 m) |
| Beam: | 47 ft (14.3 m) |
| Draught: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | (2) Steam turbines powered by (4) Babcock & Wilcox Boilers operating at 1200PSI, turning twin screws. |
| Speed: | 30+ kts |
| Complement: | 354 |
| Armament: | 1 x Tartar guided missile launcher 2 x 5"/54 (127mm/54) (2x1) 1 x 8-tube ASROC launcher 6-12.75 inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes (2x3) |
USS Buchanan (DDG-14), named for Admiral Franklin Buchanan, was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer in the United States Navy.
Buchanan was laid down by Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding at Seattle in Washington on 23 April 1959, launched on 11 May 1960 and commissioned on 7 February 1962.
In February 1985, a port-visit request by the United States for the Buchanan was refused by New Zealand, as the Buchanan was capable of launching nuclear depth charges. Following the victory of the New Zealand Labour Party in elections in 1984, Prime Minister David Lange enacted laws which barred nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from using New Zealand ports, citing the dangers of nuclear weapons, continued nuclear testing in the South Pacific, and opposition to U.S. President Ronald Reagan's policy of confronting the Soviet Union. Given that the United States Navy refused to confirm or deny the presence of nuclear weapons aboard ships, these laws in effect refused access to New Zealand ports for all ships of the United States Navy.
After consultations with Australia and after negotiations with New Zealand broke down, the United States announced that it was suspending its ANZUS treaty obligations to New Zealand until United States Navy ships were re-admitted to New Zealand ports, citing that New Zealand was "a friend, but not an ally".
Buchanan was decommissioned on 1 October 1991, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 20 November 1992 and sunk as a target off Hawaii on 14 June 2000.
