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DDG 10 - USS Sampson (HULL 337)

Charles F. Adams Class Guided Missile Destroyer for the United States Navy
Length:  437'
Beam:  47'-1"
Depth:  25'
Draft:  15'-6"
Displacement: 3,190 (light ship), 4,500 (full load)
Other Data: 4 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines, 80,000 horsepower, twin screws, twin rudders, 2 stacks, 1 mast. 

Keel laid March 2,1959, launched May 21,1960, delivered June 16,1961, commissioned June 24,1961. 

Reached 30 knots on trials. Complement of 24 officers and 330 enlisted. Carried Tartar Missiles. Served in the Persian Gulf War. Decommissioned June 24,1991.

DDG 10