USS Buchanan (DDG-14)

	USS Buchanan underway in 1990
History
United States
Name	Buchanan
Namesake	Franklin Buchanan
Ordered	17 January 1958
Builder	Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding
Laid down	23 April 1959
Launched	11 May 1960
Acquired	31 January 1962
Commissioned	7 February 1962
Decommissioned	1 October 1991
Stricken	20 November 1992
Identification	Callsign: NUOU; ; Hull number: DDG-14;
Motto	Audares Juvo; (I assist the bold); Nobilus est ira Leonis; (The Wrath of the Lion is Noble);
Fate	Sunk as target 14 June 2000
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General characteristics
Class & type	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement	3,277 tons standard; 4,526 tons full load;
Length	437 ft (133 m)
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts; 4 × Foster-Wheeler 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers;
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted)
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar; AN/SPS-10 surface search radar; AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar; AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar; AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar for DDG-2 through 19; AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar;
Armament	1 Mk 11 missile launcher (DDG2-14) or Mk 13 single arm missile launcher (DDG-15-24) for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon antiship missile; 2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun; 1 × RUR-5 ASROC Launcher; 6 × 12.8 in (324 mm) ASW Torpedo Tubes (2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes);

USS Buchanan (DDG-14) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1962 to 1991. She was sunk as a target in 2000.

History
USS Buchanan underway in 1990
United States
Name	Buchanan
Namesake	Franklin Buchanan
Ordered	17 January 1958
Builder	Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding
Laid down	23 April 1959
Launched	11 May 1960
Acquired	31 January 1962
Commissioned	7 February 1962
Decommissioned	1 October 1991
Stricken	20 November 1992
Identification	Callsign: NUOU Hull number: DDG-14
Motto	Audares Juvo (I assist the bold) Nobilus est ira Leonis (The Wrath of the Lion is Noble)
Fate	Sunk as target 14 June 2000
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General characteristics
Class & type	Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement	3,277 tons standard 4,526 tons full load
Length	437 ft (133 m)
Beam	47 ft (14 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse steam turbines providing 70,000 shp (52 MW); 2 shafts 4 × Foster-Wheeler 1,275 psi (8,790 kPa) boilers
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted)
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar for DDG-2 through 19 AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
Armament	1 Mk 11 missile launcher (DDG2-14) or Mk 13 single arm missile launcher (DDG-15-24) for RIM-24 Tartar SAM system, or later the RIM-66 Standard (SM-1) and Harpoon antiship missile 2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun 1 × RUR-5 ASROC Launcher 6 × 12.8 in (324 mm) ASW Torpedo Tubes (2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes)