PETERSON (DD 969)
DESTROYER
VESSEL STATUS
Class:		DD 963				UIC:		20589
Status:		Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise				Fleet:
Date status Changed:		02/16/2004				Homeport:
Maintenance Category:						Berth:
Force:
Builder:		Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.
MILESTONE DATES
Award Date:		01/15/1971				Commission Date:		07/09/1977
Keel Date:		04/29/1974				Inactivation Date:
Launch Date:		06/21/1975				Decommission Date:		10/04/2002
Age (since Launch) (at time of Disposal)		28.7				Years from Commission to Decommission:		25.0
Delivery Date:		06/13/1977				InService Date:
Age (since Delivery) (at time of Disposal)		26.7				Out Service Date:
						Stricken Date:		11/06/2002
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Overall Length:		563 ft				Waterline Length:		529 ft
Extreme Beam:		55 ft				Waterline Beam:		55 ft
Max Navigational Draft:		32 ft				Draft Limit:		23 ft
Light Displacement:		6929 tons				Full Displacement:		9349 tons
Dead Weight:		2420 tons
Hull Material:			Steel hull, aluminum superstructure.
No. of Propellers:		2
No. of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:			Gas Turbines
Accommodations:			Officers:		35
			Enlisted:		349
PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS
Custodian:			US NAVY
Planning Yard:
Nuclear Planning Yard:
Ships Program Manager:
Comments:
Last Updated:		09/14/2009
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