USS Farragut (DDG-37)

USS "Farragut" (DDG-37), named for Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, USN (1801-1870), was a "Farragut"-class guided missile frigate (destroyer leader) laid down as DLG-6 by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at Quincy, Massachusetts on 3 June 1957, launched on 15 July 1958 by Mrs. H. D. Felt, wife of the Vice Chief of Naval Operations and commissioned on 10 December 1960. "Farragut" was reclassified as a guided missile destroyer on 30 June 1975 and designated DDG-37. "USS Farragut" was decommissioned on 31 October 1989, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 20 November 1992 and sold for scrap on 16 December 1994. 26 September 2006 a contract to dismantle ex-"Farragut" was awarded to International Shipbreaking Limited of Brownsville, Texas. The ships bell is currently being kept and preserved at Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Notable officers

*Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda, 25th Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.

External links

* [http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG37.htm NVR DDG-37]
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f1/farragut-iv.htm DANFS Farragut IV]
* [http://www.hullnumber.com/DDG-37 DDG-37 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com]