...a propósito do ABATE das Fragatas da Classe João Belo, parece-me interessante referir este exemplo de um "velho" Destroyer Americano
DD-936 / DDG-31 / SDTS 31
USS DECATUR
CLASS - FORREST SHERMAN As Built.
Displacement 4619 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 418' 6"(oa) x 44' 11" x 15' (Max)
Armament 3 x 5"/54 DP (3x1), 4 x 3"/50 (2x2), 2 Hedghog ASW Mortars,
4 x 21" tt.(4x1) 6 x 12.75" Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3).
Machinery, 70,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 324.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy. September 13 1954.
Launched December 15 1955 and commissioned December 7 1956.
Reclassifed as Guided Missile Destroyer DDG-31 September 15 1966.
Decommissioned June 30 1983.
Stricken March 16 1988.
Fate Former experimental self-defense test ship. Sunk as a target in RimPac 2004 by naval forces
at 22 deg. 57' 0.0" N, 159 deg. 55' 6.0" W in 2,560 fathoms of water.
VIDA 1: DD 936
USS Decatur (DD-936) Underway at sea, during her first Mediterranean deployment, 2 May 1958. Photographed by Caswell. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center.
VIDA 2 : DDG 31
Fremantle, Australia pre 1975
VIDA 3 : SDTS 31
Decatur in her remotely controlled test vessel days, circa 1993-1994.
Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS), formerly USS Decatur (DDG-31) At Port Hueneme, California, 16 June 2003. The decommissioned destroyer Paul F. Foster (DD-964), in the distance, was then being prepared to become the new SDTS, replacing the ex-Decatur. Note the towing fitting installed on the ship's bow. Photographed by Frank V. Thompson. Courtesy of Frank V. Thompson, 2003. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
ENTRADO AO SERVIÇO: 1956
AFUNDADO: 2004
2004-1956=48 ANOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ai ai...pobres EUA
quem vos dera ter o dinheiro que Portugal tem, se havia necessidade de usar um casco tão velho!!!!!!
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