PAUL F FOSTER (EDD 964)
(ex - DD 964)
SELF DEFENSE TEST SHIP
VESSEL STATUS
Class:		EDD 964				UIC:		20575
Status:		Active, in service				Fleet:		U.S. PACIFIC FLEET
Date status Changed:		03/16/2005				Homeport:
Maintenance Category:						Berth:
Force:
Builder:		Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.
MILESTONE DATES
Award Date:		06/23/1970				Commission Date:		02/21/1976
Keel Date:		02/06/1973				Inactivation Date:
Launch Date:		02/22/1974				Decommission Date:
Age (since Launch)		47.0				Years from Commission to Decommission:
Delivery Date:		02/09/1976				InService Date:		03/16/2005
Age (since Delivery)		45.0				Out Service Date:
						Stricken Date:
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:		6824 tons				Full Displacement:		9282 tons
Dead Weight:		2458 tons
Hull Material:			Steel hull, aluminum superstructure.
No. of Propellers:		2
No. of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:			Gas Turbines
Accommodations:			Officers:		24
			Enlisted:		272
PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS
Custodian:			NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, PORT HUENEME, CA
Planning Yard:			Huntington Ingalls Industries - Ingalls Shipbuilding
Nuclear Planning Yard:
Ships Program Manager:
Comments:
Last Updated:		12/19/2017
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