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USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7)
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 USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7) |
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 28 February 1958 |
| Launched: | 22 April 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 17 December 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 October 1989 |
| Fate: | sunk as target ship, 15 August 2003 |
| Struck: | 26 January 1990 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,500 tons Full Load |
| Length: | 437 ft (133.2 m) |
| Beam: | 47 ft (14.3 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | (2) Steam turbines powered by (4) Babcock & Wilcox Boilers operating at 1200PSI, turning twin screws. |
| Speed: | 30+ kts |
| Range: | |
| 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) |
| Aircraft: | None |
| Motto: | Non Verbis Sed Re (Deeds not Words) |
USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), named for Admiral Henry Braid Wilson, was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan on 28 February 1958, launched on 22 April 1959 sponsored by Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, daughter of Admiral Wilson, and commissioned on 17 December 1960, CDR L. D. Caney in command.
Henry B. Wilson served as plane guard for carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Sea Dragon operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties and carried out naval gunfire support missions during the conflict in Vietnam. In 1975, she participated in the operations to recapture the hijacked merchant ship SS Mayaguez in Cambodian waters.
Henry B. Wilson was decommissioned on 2 October 1989, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 26 January 1990 and sold for scrap on 15 April 1994. The scrap contract was terminated on 23 March 1999 and the ship was resold on 6 April 2002. She was re-acquired and sunk as a target ship 15 August 2003.
- website USS HENRY B. WILSON DDG-7 http://www.usshenrybwilsonddg7.com
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 US Navy |
Charles F. Adams | John King | Lawrence | Biddle/Claude V. Rickets | Barney | Henry B. Wilson | Lynde McCormick | Towers | Sampson | Sellers | Robison | Hoel | Buchanan | Berkeley | Joseph Strauss | Conyngham | Semmes | Tattnall | Goldsborough | Cochrane | Benjamin Stoddert | Richard E. Byrd | Waddell |
 German Navy (Lütjens class) |
Lütjens | Mölders | Rommel |
 Royal Australian Navy (Perth class) |
HMAS Perth | HMAS Hobart | HMAS Brisbane |
 Hellenic Navy (Kimon class) |
HS Kimon | HS Nearchos | HS Formion | HS Themistocles |
| List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy |
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