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USS BERKELEY was the 14th CHARLES F. ADAMS - class guided missile destroyer. Starting with BERKELEY, the following ships in the CHARLES F. ADAMS - class guided missile destroyers were equipped with Mk 13 missile launchers instead of the Mk 11 missile launchers. USS BERKELEY was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on October 1, 1992. The ship was transfered to Greece the same day and renamed THEMISTOKLES. She remained in service until February 18, 2002.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: July 21, 1959 |
| Keel laid: August 29, 1960 | |
| Launched: July 29, 1961 | |
| Commissioned: December 15, 1962 | |
| Decommissioned: October 1, 1992 | |
| Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. | |
| Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 geared turbines | |
| Propellers: two | |
| Length: 437 feet (133.2 meters) | |
| Beam: 47 feet (14.3 meters) | |
| Draft: 20 feet (6.1 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 4,500 tons | |
| Speed: 31+ knots | |
| Aircraft:none | |
| Armament: two Mk 42 5-inch/54 caliber guns, Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts, one Mk 16 ASROC Missile Launcher, one Mk 13 Mod.0 Missile Launcher for Standard (MR) and Harpoon Missiles | |
| Crew: 24 officers and 330 enlisted |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS BERKELEY. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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