USS Henry B. Wilson DDG 7

USS Henry B. Wilson
DDG 7 (Charles F. Adams Class)

Builder: Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Laid Down: February 28, 1958 Launched: April 23, 1959 Commissioned: December 17, 1960 Decommissioned: October 2, 1989 Stricken: January 26, 1990 Fate: Converted to Power Barge

Jack Atkinson is handling all of the e-mails for the Charles Adams class.

The Charles F. Adams Class as Constructed

Displacement: 3,370 tons Length: 437 feet Beam: 47 feet Draught: 22 feet Machinery: two shaft geared steam turbines Performance: 70,000 shp for 31.5 knots Bunkerage: Range: Guns: two 5 inch Mk 42Missiles: twin Mk 11 launcher or Torpedoes: six 12.75 inch (ASW)

The USS Henry B. Wilson association web page is at :
http://members.aol.com/navybus2/index.html

This is the HBW in China Basin San Francisco, being converted toher new life
September 95.......My last sighting..........Dan

From: "Jennie Norris" [email protected]
Subject: H.B. Wilson DDG-7
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 21:09:07 -0700

When I ran across your web page on the "Hammerin' Hank", it brought back many memories. As my first ship of my Navy career, I hold a special placefor her. I was stationed aboard her from 1971-76, got my first taste ofbattle of the coast of Nam, again at Hai Phong Harbour, and continued tillthe end of the war during the rescue of the merchant ship SS Mayaquez.

I met and remember alot of valuable friends, and can honestly say, beingfresh out of boot camp, I grew up a lot during those years.

Thanks for the memories.

SM1 (SW) Wayne Norris (Ret)

From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 22:06:57 EST
Subject: Photo
Here is another interesting shot of the USS HENRY B. WILSON'sBridge, mast &ASROC sitting on a pier after being cut off theship at Hunter's Point NSY.
Mike Donegan (NAVYDAZE)

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