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{{Short description|Steam turbine-powered ship}}
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|Ship name=''Lütjens''
|Ship namesake=Admiral [[Günther Lütjens]]
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|Ship identification=D185
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|Ship fate=Scrapped in Turkey<ref>http://www.vebeg.de/images/lospics/29/14229.001.pdf{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Zerstörer ex "LÜTJENS" Klasse 103 B (teildemilitarisiert)</ref>
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|Ship sensors=*[[AN/SPS-40]] 2D air surveillance and early-warning radar, long-range
*[[AN/SPS-67]] sea surveillance radar, med-range
*[[AN/SPS-52]] 3D air surveillance radar, long-range
*2 × [[AN/SPG-51]]C Mk 74 fire-control radar
*[[AN/SPQ-9]] short range fire-control radar for surface and low flying targets
*AN/SPG-60 tracking and fire control radar (also radar illumination for the missiles)
*Raytheon RP 1225 navigation radar
*Atlas Elektronik DSQS-21B active/passive sonar
*EADS FL1800 ESM suite
|Ship EW=*2 × [[Mark 36 SRBOC]] 6 cell chaff and flare launcher
*1 × [[SLQ-25 Nixie]] torpedo decoy
*1 × EADS FL1800 ESM/ECM suite
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*2 × [[Rheinmetall Mk 20 RH-202|Rheinmetall Rh202]] 20 mm autocannons
*1 × Modified [[Mark 13 missile launcher|Mk 13 missile launcher]]
*[[RIM-66 Standard|SM-1MR]] surface-to-air missile (usually 32)
*[[Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon]] anti-ship missile (usually 8)
*2 × Mk 49 launcher, 21 [[RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile|RAM]] surface-to-air missiles each
*6 × 324 mm torpedo tubes, DM4A1 and [[Mark 46 torpedo|Mark 46]] torpedoes
*1 × [[RUR-5 ASROC|ASROC]] launcher, 8 cell
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The '''German destroyer ''Lütjens''''' was the [[lead ship]] of [[Lütjens-class destroyer|her class]], a modified version of the American [[Charles F. Adams class destroyer|''Charles F. Adams'' class]], built for the ''[[Bundesmarine]]'' ([[West Germany|West German]] Navy) during the 1960s.

==Design and description==
The ''Charles F. Adams'' class was based on a stretched {{sclass|Forrest Sherman|destroyer}} hull modified to accommodate an [[RUR-5 ASROC]] Launcher and all their associated equipment. The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|134.4|m|ftin|sp=us}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|14.4|m|ftin|sp=us}} and a deep [[draft (ship)|draft]] of {{convert|4.5|m|ftin|sp=us}}. They [[Displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|4526|t|LT|sp=us}} at full load. Their crew consisted of 333 officers and enlisted men.<ref name=g8/>

The ships were equipped with two geared [[General Electric]] [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[propeller shaft]], using steam provided by four D-V2M [[water-tube boiler]]s. The turbines were intended to produce {{convert|70000|shp|lk=in}} to reach the designed speed of {{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}. The ''Lütjens'' class had a range of {{convert|4500|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|20|kn}}. Unlike their [[sister ship|half-sisters]], the ships had two [[mack (naval architecture)|mack]]s.<ref name=g8>Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 143</ref>

They were armed with two [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun]] forward, one each forward and aft of the [[superstructure]]. The ships were fitted with an eight-round [[RUR-5 ASROC|ASROC]] launcher between the [[funnel (ship)|funnel]]s. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two triple sets of {{convert|12.75|in|adj=on|disp=flip}} [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mk 32 torpedo tubes]]. The primary armament of the ships was the [[RIM-24 Tartar|Tartar]] [[surface-to-air missile]] designed to defend the [[carrier battle group]]. They were fired via the single-arm [[Mk 13 missile launcher]] and the ships stowed a total of 40 missiles for the launcher.<ref name=g8/>

==Construction and career==
The ship was named for Admiral [[Günther Lütjens]], who commanded a battlegroup comprising the {{ship|German battleship|Bismarck||2|up=yes}} and the cruiser {{ship|German cruiser|Prinz Eugen||2}} during [[Operation Rheinübung]] (Exercise Rhine). [[Last battle of the battleship Bismarck|Lütjens was killed]] when ''Bismarck'' was surrounded by overwhelming [[United Kingdom|British]] naval force on 27 May 1941 in the [[Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic]]. She was laid down at [[Bath Iron Works]] in [[Bath, Maine]] on 1 March 1966 with the [[hull classification symbol]] DDG-28. She was launched on 11 August 1967 and commissioned on 22 March 1969.

On 14 September 2001, three days after the [[September 11 attacks|terrorist attacks on 11 September]], the crew of ''Lütjens'' [[Manning the rail|manned the rails]], and as they approached the destroyers {{USS|Winston S. Churchill|DDG-81|6}} and {{USS|Gonzalez|DDG-66|6}}, they displayed an American flag and a banner reading "We Stand By You."

After over 30 years of service and a travelled distance of {{convert|800000|nmi|km|lk=in}} ''Lütjens'' was decommissioned on 18 December 2003. She was the last [[steam engine|steam]]-powered vessel and the last ship classified as a destroyer of the German Navy.
 
[[File:LutjensHonors.jpg|thumb|left|''Lütjens'' [[Manning the rail|rendering honours]] to {{USS|Winston S. Churchill|DDG-81|6}} after the [[September 11 attacks|11 September attacks]]]]

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==References==
*{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1982|isbn=0-87021-733-X}}
*{{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Chumbley|first2=Stephen|last3=Budzbon |first3=Przemysław|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=1-55750-132-7|name-list-style=amp}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|    D185 Lütjens (ship, 1969)}}
* https://web.archive.org/web/20051227153145/http://www.ddg28.de/
*[http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/germany/pages/destroyers/lutjens_d185.htm MaritimeQuest Lütjens D-185 photo gallery]

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