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    USS Waddell DDG-24 Ship's 
    Characteristics
  

  

    
  

  

    
    
Dimensions

  

  

    Length
    437 feet
    
    Beam
    47 feet
  

  

    Calculative draft
    15 feet
    Navigation draft
    24 feet
  

  

    
  

  

    
    
Displacement

  

  

    Standard
    4000 tons
    Full load
    4500 tons
  

  

    
  

  

    
    
Complement

  

  

    21 Officers
    
    
345 Enlisted

  

  

    
  

  

    
    
Navigation

  

  

    SATNAV (satellite navigation)
    
    
OMEGA (HF Radio navigation)

  

  

    Global Positioning System
    .
  

  

    
  

  

    
    
Electronic 
    Warfare

  

  

    SLQ-32 Automated Threat Detection 
    System
    Super Rapid Blooming 
    Offboard
  

  

    .
    Chaff Launching System
  

  

    
  

  

    
    
ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE

  

  

    SQQ-23A Pair sonar system
    2 Triple torpedo tubes
  

  

    Eight cell ASROC launcher
    Anti-Torpedo 
    Countermeasures
  

  

    
  

  

    
    
ANTI-AIR / ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE

  

  

    Guided Missile Launching System
    Standard Anti-Air 
    Missiles
  

  

    Long Range Air Radar (Two and Three 
    dimensional)
    Harpoon Cruise 
    Missiles
  

  

    Two 5"/54 Caliber Rapid Fire Guns
    .
  

  

    
  

  

    
    
PROPULSION SYSTEMS

  

  

    Four 1200 PSI Main 
    Propulsion Boilers
  

  

    Two General Electric 
    Steam Turbine Engines
  

  

    Twin Shafts / Twin 
    Rudders
  

  

    
  

  

    70,000 Shaft Horse Power
    
    
Top Speed:  In excess of 30 knots

  





 






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