USS Benjamin B. Barton
ADDG-1
Builder: Bath Iron Works
Authorized: 1962
Laid Down: Jan. 1964
Launched: Sept. 1966
Comissioned: Dec 7 1966
Refit: 1972
Refit: 1978
Re-designated DDG-50: May 2 1981
In catagory B reserve: May 1992
Stricken: June 1992
Displacement 7000 tons (normal), 9,200 tons full load
Length: 510 Feet
Beam: 55 Feet (max)
Freeboard: 25 feet (mean)
Machinery: CODAG
4 International Harvester Maritime Diesels Model 3 = 50,000 BHP
1 General Electric Aeroderivitive Gas Turbines for boost = 10,000 SHP
Maximum speed: 30 knots
Shafts: 2
Electric: 4,500 kW electrical generation
Armament:
1. 1 Mk13 GMLS 40 missile capasity
as built: 40 RIM-24C
1973: 40 RIM-66B
1981: 36 RIM-66D, 4 RGM-84
2. 1 Mk25 GMLS
as built 8 RIM-7 no reloads
1968: 4 Shrike SSM, 4 RIM-7 no reloads
1973: 8 Sea Shaparel RIM-72 no reloads for evaluation
1974: Inactivated in place
3. 2 twin Mk32 torpedo tubes behind doors below flight deck. Mk46 torpedos
4. 1 SH-2F helecoptor with hanger
5. Torpedo magazine for tubes and SH-2F helecoptor
As built: 9 torpedos total.
1978: New magazine for 12 torpedos
6. 4 0.5 caliber M2 machine guns
Radars:
1 AN/SPG-59C radar (see Notes)
1 LN-66 navigation radar
2 AN/SPG-51 radars
Sonars:
as built: 1 SQS-4 Sonar
1978: 1 SQS-26
The Benjamin B. Barton was the only vessel to carry an operational AN/SPG-59. The vessel was built for evaluation of new systems that were being considered in the middle 1960s. The AN/SPG-59C was a less shopfisticated version of the earlier AN/SPG-59A tested on the Norton Sound a few years earlier. The AN/SPG-59C was an electrically scanned 2D air search radar. Every 15 cycles a selected target would be selected and a frequency scanned height finding beam would update the altitude on the track. Originally the system could track 8 targets in 3 dimensions at once. Two AN/SPG-51 radars can be queued from the AN/SPG-59C. The system was upgraded in 1978 with new computers and transmitter elements developed for the AN/SPY-1 radar. The new version of the radar was designated AN/SPG-59E. The AN/SPG-59E was a true 3D radar and could track up to 24 targets at once. A software upgrade in 1983 enabled her to track nearly 50. She was kept in service as part of the 600 ship fleet as a DDG and not a research vessel. She was upgraded with software for the New Threat Upgrade in 1986. She was armed with Block IIIA SM-2MR missiles until she was decomissioned in 1992.
The Barton also was equipped with a unique broadband antenna through out he service life.
ADDG-1
Builder: Bath Iron Works
Authorized: 1962
Laid Down: Jan. 1964
Launched: Sept. 1966
Comissioned: Dec 7 1966
Refit: 1972
Refit: 1978
Re-designated DDG-50: May 2 1981
In catagory B reserve: May 1992
Stricken: June 1992
Displacement 7000 tons (normal), 9,200 tons full load
Length: 510 Feet
Beam: 55 Feet (max)
Freeboard: 25 feet (mean)
Machinery: CODAG
4 International Harvester Maritime Diesels Model 3 = 50,000 BHP
1 General Electric Aeroderivitive Gas Turbines for boost = 10,000 SHP
Maximum speed: 30 knots
Shafts: 2
Electric: 4,500 kW electrical generation
Armament:
1. 1 Mk13 GMLS 40 missile capasity
as built: 40 RIM-24C
1973: 40 RIM-66B
1981: 36 RIM-66D, 4 RGM-84
2. 1 Mk25 GMLS
as built 8 RIM-7 no reloads
1968: 4 Shrike SSM, 4 RIM-7 no reloads
1973: 8 Sea Shaparel RIM-72 no reloads for evaluation
1974: Inactivated in place
3. 2 twin Mk32 torpedo tubes behind doors below flight deck. Mk46 torpedos
4. 1 SH-2F helecoptor with hanger
5. Torpedo magazine for tubes and SH-2F helecoptor
As built: 9 torpedos total.
1978: New magazine for 12 torpedos
6. 4 0.5 caliber M2 machine guns
Radars:
1 AN/SPG-59C radar (see Notes)
1 LN-66 navigation radar
2 AN/SPG-51 radars
Sonars:
as built: 1 SQS-4 Sonar
1978: 1 SQS-26
The Benjamin B. Barton was the only vessel to carry an operational AN/SPG-59. The vessel was built for evaluation of new systems that were being considered in the middle 1960s. The AN/SPG-59C was a less shopfisticated version of the earlier AN/SPG-59A tested on the Norton Sound a few years earlier. The AN/SPG-59C was an electrically scanned 2D air search radar. Every 15 cycles a selected target would be selected and a frequency scanned height finding beam would update the altitude on the track. Originally the system could track 8 targets in 3 dimensions at once. Two AN/SPG-51 radars can be queued from the AN/SPG-59C. The system was upgraded in 1978 with new computers and transmitter elements developed for the AN/SPY-1 radar. The new version of the radar was designated AN/SPG-59E. The AN/SPG-59E was a true 3D radar and could track up to 24 targets at once. A software upgrade in 1983 enabled her to track nearly 50. She was kept in service as part of the 600 ship fleet as a DDG and not a research vessel. She was upgraded with software for the New Threat Upgrade in 1986. She was armed with Block IIIA SM-2MR missiles until she was decomissioned in 1992.
The Barton also was equipped with a unique broadband antenna through out he service life.
