Charles F Adams DD 06-06-2005

[vingrjoe]

Here is the Early Cold War Era destroyer , the Charles F. Adams. Although the blue background for previews looked better, I was having trouble with the civ color creeping in on the edges of my ships, so I resorted back to using the wonderful magenta. I built this ship in scale with all my other ships, but I did end up increasing the size by 20%, so it would be more visible ingame.

Here is the link:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/CFAdams_DD.zip

...and here is the Pediacons and unit32:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/CFAdamsDD_CivPedia.zip

...and the INI file:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/Adams_INI.zip

Now the preview.

 

[vingrjoe]

Here is some info courtesy of globalsecurity.org .

The Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyers were constructed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A particularly versatile fighting ship, their design was based on that of the highly successful Forrest Sherman class of gun destroyers. They were the first destroyers planned and built as a guided missile ships, and the most heavily armed ships at the time of their construction. Designed to meet the new challenges of the Cold War, the ships bristled with more antenna and guidance systems than guns.

Designed primarily to provide anti-air defense for carriers, for air defense the class was fitted with long range surveillance radars capable of detecting aircraft at ranges greater than 300 kilometers. The major anti-aircraft weapon is the Standard surface-to-air missile with a range of more than 35 kilometers. Two 5-inch rapid-fire guns are used for air defence, surface action and shore bombardment, delivering 70 rounds a minute on to targets up to 20 kilometers away. Anti-submarine capability is provided by a powerful sonar under the bow. For close-range attack, torpedoes are launched from tubes on each side of the ship.

The heart of the ship's fighting capability is a computer bank, which correlates information from all sources and automatically assigns weapons to counter a threat. Propulsion consists of four superheated boilers and two main engines which produce more than 70,000 shaft horsepower at top speed. Four turbo generators driven from the boilers provide 2000 kilowatts of electrical power. Living conditions were crowded, but all living spaces are air-conditioned and every effort was made to provide a reasonable standard of comfort.

The keel for the USS Charles F. Adams, named for Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of the Navy from 1929 to 1933, was laid on June 16, 1958. The Adams was the first in a line of 23 ships.

The Royal Australian Navy bought three Adams Class Destroyers from Defoe Shipbuilding. Substantially modified, they were re-classed as Perth Class Destroyers. From time to time, a class of ship emerges that is so successful that it continues to be useful well beyond normal life expectation. The Royal Australian Navy's three American built Charles F. Adams class destroyers, constructed during the 1960s, are examples of such an exceptional design. HMAS Perth was the first of three guided missile destroyers (DDGs) built in the United States for Australia. She was commissioned in July 1965 and arrived in Australia in March 1966. Her sister ships were Hobart and Brisbane. They all saw operational service during the Vietnam War. . All three RAN DDG's underwent an extensive modernisation of their Combat System between 1986-1992, with Brisbane being the first to undergo the upgrades to see her through to an anticipated de-commissioning year of 2001. HMAS Perth decommissioned on 15 October 1999, and HMAS Hobart on 12 May 2000

Despite periodic modernizations, the class was retired in the early 1990s. Modernization with the New Threat Upgrade (NTU) package was considered for these ships but was terminated since modernization would not have been cost effective given the limited service lives remaining. As part of the 1989 Amended budget submission, the decision was made to accelerate the retirement of these ships to achieve complete retirement of the class by the end of FY 93. The highly capable, multi-mission, AEGIS equipped, Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class replaced these ships.

 

[El Justo]

i love it! i'm gonna start to call you Admiral Vingrjoe pretty soon

this will be a welcome addition to TCW. thanks bud.

 

[Left]

Great animations, as always!

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

wow- that was pretty fast, buds - what Left and Justo said ...

 

[Goldflash]

i love it! i'm gonna start to call you Admiral Vingrjoe pretty soon

Why not call him General Stillwell? Makes more sense.

Anyway- Its very great. But you may wish to get Thunderfall or someone to change the title, as the Charles F. Adams class were DDGs- not DDs.

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

Why not call him General Stillwell? Makes more sense.

Anyway- Its very great. But you may wish to get Thunderfall or someone to change the title, as the Charles F. Adams class were DDGs- not DDs.

cuz he makes ships ...

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

I think the tiny size is actually not a bad idea for destroyers.

 

[Goldflash]

cuz he makes ships ...

*SIGH* Does anyone even know what I'm talking about?

Whatever Who cares. I didn't want to go to Sally's house anydangway.

Anyway, Vinegar Joe, Perhaps you could make us a complete line of American Destroyers?

Ranching from the Early classes like the Bainbridge or the Paulding, the World War One Era Cassins, Wickes, and Clemsons, the Pre-World War II Gleaves, Behahms, Girdleys, or Mahans, the World War Two Fletchers, Sumners, and Gearings, the Post-war Mistchers or Forrest Shermans, the Cold War Farraguts and Spruances, to the Modern Arleigh Burkes. I know thats alot but I'm sure it make alot of people happy.

 

[El Justo]

*SIGH* Does anyone even know what I'm talking about?

it's 'v-i-n-g-r-j-o-e' not Vinegar Joe

 

[Goldflash]

it's 'v-i-n-g-r-j-o-e' not Vinegar Joe

Which is obviously a shortened form of Vinegar Joe. Duh. Several people, incuding the famous Wyrmshadow, call him Vinegar Joe.

 

[El Justo]

Ranching from the Early classes like the Bainbridge or the Paulding, the World War One Era Cassins, Wickes, and Clemsons, the Pre-World War II Gleaves, Behahms, Girdleys, or Mahans, the World War Two Fletchers, Sumners, and Gearings, the Post-war Mistchers or Forrest Shermans, the Cold War Farraguts and Spruances, to the Modern Arleigh Burkes. I know thats alot but I'm sure it make alot of people happy.

alot of those are already made...iirc, the wickes is out there as is the fletcher, spruance and arleigh burke. there are also some FFs out there, too.

 

[vingrjoe]

Egads, that is alot of destroyers ! I do have future plans for a Spraunce, a Burke flight IIA and some others. I don't have plans for any WWII era ships for a while, actually, I don't have any plans at all for any WWII era ships. Right now, I'd like to help fill the naval graphics vacuum for El Justo's TCW. So, right now, my projects will be Cold War era ships. Sadly, I can't make ships as fast as I want due to restraints on my time from my family (which isn't a bad thing mind you !), and my free time will be even shorter than now in 7-8 months when my next little one is due.

In regards to my nickname: yes, it is short for "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell from WWII. I used this name in the online game World War II Online, but I no longer play that game. I thought about changing my name here, but haven't expelled the effort into looking how about to do it.

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

*SIGH* Does anyone even know what I'm talking about?

Whatever Who cares. I didn't want to go to Sally's house anydangway.

El Justo mentioned 'Admiral' and then you said 'General' so-and-so - so you can blame my comment on yer own self

Considering 95% of huamanity living elsewhere on earth rather than where you are lodging you may estimate the chances of a European or a South American knowing about your heroes. And, if it is so darn obvious that I and noone around seems to know, why don't you explain it then instead of sighing around, young man? If you got nothing nice to say you may as well not say anything at all... *mumble grumble*

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@Vingrjoe: Sooo, guess there won't be a 20%+10% version then?

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

Vessels of the Charles F. Adams class:



The Charles F. Adams class of guided missile destroyers was a group of twenty-nine built between 1958 and 1967. Twenty-three of these ships were built for the United States Navy, three for the Royal Australian Navy, and three for the West German Bundesmarine. The ships were based on the existing Forrest Sherman class, but were the first destroyers designed to serve as missile destroyers. The destroyers of this class served in the Cuban blockade of 1962 and the Vietnam War.

The United States Navy decommissioned its last Charles F. Adams destroyer, the USS Goldsborough, on April 29, 1993. The Australian and German navies had also decommissioned their last ships of this class by 2003. Four ships of this class were transferred to the Greek Navy in 1992. All four have since been decommissioned.

The USS Charles F. Adams has been placed on inactive hold status and there are attempts by private groups to have it preserved as a museum ship. The USS Hoel has been sold to a private corporation which is attempting to use it as a power generating plant in Brazil. With the exception of these two ships and the Kimon, all of the ships in this class have been sunk as targets, sold for scrap, or are scheduled for one of the two fates.
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United States: Charles F. Adams class: (23 Vessels)
* USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2)
* USS John King (DDG-3)
* USS Lawrence (DDG-4)
* USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5)
* USS Barney (DDG-6)
* USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7)
* USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8)
* USS Towers (DDG-9)
* USS Sampson (DDG-10)
* USS Sellers (DDG-11)
* USS Robison (DDG-12)
* USS Hoel (DDG-13)
* USS Buchanan (DDG-14)
* USS Berkeley (DDG-15)
* USS Joseph Strauss (DDG-16)
* USS Conyngham (DDG-17)
* USS Semmes (DDG-18)
* USS Tattnall (DDG-19)
* USS Goldsborough (DDG-20)
* USS Cochrane (DDG-21)
* USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22)
* USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23)
* USS Waddell (DDG-24)


Australia: Perth class: (3 Vessels)
* HMAS Perth (D-38)
* HMAS Hobart (D-39)
* HMAS Brisbane (D-41)


Germany: Lütjens Class: (3 Vessels)
* Zerstörer Lütjens (D185)
* Zerstörer Mölders (D186)
* Zerstörer Rommel (D187)


Greece: Kimon Class: (4 Vessels)
* HS Kimon (D-218) (formerly USS Semmes)
* HS Nearchos (D-219) (formerly USS Waddell)
* HS Formion (D-220) (formerly USS Joseph Strauss)
* HS Themistocles (D-221) (formerly USS Berkeley)

 

[Wyrmshadow]

Which is obviously a shortened form of Vinegar Joe. Duh. Several people, incuding the famous Wyrmshadow, call him Vinegar Joe.

I thought I'd be more 'infamous' than merely famous.

But back on topic. I like this ship and if he want's to make it this size let him, who are YOU to stop him? I chose to make my destroyer class ships larger because for the longest time I lost pixels otherwise.

 

[MarineCorps]

I thought I'd be more 'infamous' than merely famous.

But back on topic. I like this ship and if he want's to make it this size let him, who are YOU to stop him? I chose to make my destroyer class ships larger because for the longest time I lost pixels otherwise.

Main Entry: in·fa·mous
Pronunciation: 'in-f&-m&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin infamis, from in- + fama fame
1 : having a reputation of the worst kind
2 : causing or bringing infamy : DISGRACEFUL
3 : convicted of an offense bringing infamy

infamous works for me.

 

[El Justo]

Winter,

you always have all of those kewl-ass drawings of the ships

to be honest, so long as these ships aren't in normal civ-scale then i'm happy.

 

[warmwaffles]

Main Entry: in·fa·mous
Pronunciation: 'in-f&-m&s
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin infamis, from in- + fama fame
1 : having a reputation of the worst kind
2 : causing or bringing infamy : DISGRACEFUL
3 : convicted of an offense bringing infamy

infamous works for me.

ownage...sorry wyrm...someone took the time to look up the definition LOL I had to credit Marine

KICK AS$ UNIT VINGRJOE

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

Err, but I DO let him make them in any size he wants (was just hoping there'd perhaps be a larger version of this, to complement- cuz when units are resized afterwards with steph's program, they lose lots of the detail- which in this particular case would be a huge shame). This is a grand unit and leaves nothing to be desired!