Displacement: 4,500 tons (full load)
Length: 437 feet
Beam: 47 feet
Max Speed: 30 knots
Power Plant: 4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 geared turbines, 2 shafts; 70,000 shaft horsepower
Aircraft: None - VERTREP capable only
Armament: Standard Missiles (MR); Harpoon (from Standard launcher); ASROC (from MK 16 launcher); 6 - MK 46 torpedoes (from 2 triple tube mounts) 2 - 5-inch / 54 caliber MK 42 gun
Complement: 383 (20 officers, 363 enlisted)

Builders:
DDG 2-3, 10-11 Bath Iron Works;
DDG 4-6, 15-17 New York Shipbuilding;
DDG 7-8, 12-13 Defoe Shipbuilding;
DDG 9,14, 23-24 Todd Shipyards;
DDG 18-19 Avondale Shipyards;
DDG 20-22 Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock

CHARLES F. ADAMS CLASS SHIPS:
USS Charles F. Adams (DDG 2); Mayport, Fla.
USS John King (DDG 3); Norfolk, Va.
USS Lawrence (DDG 4); Norfolk, Va.
USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG 5) ; Norfolk, Va.
USS Barney (DDG 6); Norfolk, Va.
USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG 7) ; San Diego, Calif.
USS Lynde McCormick (DDG 8); San Diego
USS Towers (DDG 9); Yokosuka, Japan
USS Sampson (DDG 10); Mayport, Fla.
USS Sellers (DDG 11); Charleston, S.C.
USS Robison (DDG 12); San Diego, Calif.
USS Hoel (DDG 13); San Diego, Calif.
USS Buchanan (DDG 14); San Diego, Calif.
USS Berkeley (DDG 15); San Diego, Calif.
USS Joseph Strauss (DDG 16); Pearl Harbor,HI
USS Conyngham (DDG 17); Norfolk, Va.
USS Semmes (DDG 18); Charleston, S.C.
USS Tattnall (DDG 19); Mayport, Fla.
USS Goldsborough (DDG 20); Pearl Harbor
USS Cochrane (DDG 21); Yokosuka, Japan
USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG 22); Pearl Harbor
USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG 23); Norfolk, Va.
USS Waddell (DDG 24); San Diego, Calif.