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Nearchos 2002

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Κίμων [Kimon] (ex-Semmes)	D218		Avondale Marine, USA	18.8.1960	20.5.1961	10.12.1962 // 12.9.1992	stricken 6.2004
Νέαρχος [Nearchos] (ex-Waddell)	D219		Todd Pacific, Seattle, USA	6.2.1962	26.2.1963	28.8.1964 // 30.4.1993	stricken 7.2003
Φορμίων [Formion] (ex-Joseph Strauss)	D220		New York SB, Camden, USA	27.12.1960	9.12.1961	20.4.1963 // 30.4.1993	stricken 7.2002
Θεμιστοκλῆς [Themistoklis] (ex-Berkeley)	D221		New York SB, Camden, USA	29.8.1960	29.7.1961	15.12.1962 // 30.4.1993	stricken 2.2002

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	3570
Displacement full, t	4825
Length, m	128.0 wl 133.2 oa
Breadth, m	14.3
Draught, m	6.10 hull 8.30 over sonar
No of shafts	2
Machinery	D218, 220, 221: 2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Combustion Engineering boilers D219: 2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 Foster Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	70000
Max speed, kts	31.5
Fuel, t	oil 900
Endurance, nm(kts)	6000(14)
Armament	D218, 219: 1 x 1 Harpoon SSM / Standard SM-1MR SAM (6 RGM-84A/C, 34 RIM-66), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (12 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT D220, 221: 1 x 1 Harpoon SSM / Standard SM-1MR SAM (6 RGM-84A/C, 34 RIM-66), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT
Electronic equipment	D218, 220, 221: SPS-64(v), SPS-40D, SPS-10F, SPS-52B, 2x SPG-51C, SPG-53A radars, SQS-23A sonar, SLQ-32(v)2, SLQ-20, WLR-1 ECM suites, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, T-Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy, NTDS CCS D219: SPS-64(v), SPS-40D, SPS-10F, SPS-52B, 2x SPG-51C, SPG-53A radars, SQQ-23A sonar, SLQ-32(v)2, SLQ-20, WLR-1 ECM suites, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, T-Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy, NTDS CCS
Complement	340

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Project history

Former USN Charles F. Adams class destroyers.

Modernizations

late 1990s, Kimon, Formion, Themistoklis: - SQS-23A sonar, NTDS CCS; + DE1191 sonar, STACOS CCS

late 1990s, Nearchos: - SQQ-23A sonar, NTDS CCS; + DE1191 sonar, STACOS CCS

Naval service

No significant events.