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DDG-17 USS CONYNGHAM


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NHLT

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - PRIVATEER

CLASS - CHARLES F. ADAMS As Built.
Displacement 4526 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 437' (oa) x 47' x 15' (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54 RF (2x1), Tartar SAM (1x1 Mk 13) ASROC ASW (1x8), 6 x 12.75" Mk 32 ASW TT (2x3).
Machinery, 70,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 333-350.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by New York Shipbuilding on May 1 1961.
Launched May 19 1962 and commissioned June 13 1963.
Decommissioned October 20 1990.
Stricken May 31 1991.
Fate Sold April 15 1994 and broken up for scrap by J&L Metals, Wilmington N.C. during 1995.

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Conyngham 73kPhoto #: NH 84902-KN. Captain Gustavus Conyngham, Continental Navy painting by V. Zveg, 1976, based on a miniature by Louis Marie Sicardi. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Conyngham 128kArtist's conception of the Conyngham as she appeared following her construction by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Navy Yard Associates
Conyngham 62kUndated, location unknown.Len Gordon
Conyngham 100kUndated, location unknown.Len Gordon
Conyngham 125kUndated, location unknown.-
Conyngham 81kOfficial (c) Bath Iron Works Inc. Photo. Post Overhaul Sea trials. Undated-
Conyngham 77kUndated postcard Copyright © Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.Mike Smolinski
Conyngham 89kUndated, location unknown.Robert M. Cieri
Conyngham 82kIn Norfolk, VA at D&S Pier 21 outboard USS Basilone (DD-824) and USS Puget Sound (AD-38) in Jan-Feb 1976. Good comparison of size to DD.Dennis Fournier STG1
Conyngham 100kMediterranean Sea, May 16, 1976© Richard Leonhardt
Conyngham 55kAt Barcelona, Spain, in the summer of 1973. From left to right: the guided missile destroyer leader/frigate (later cruiser) USS Dale (DLG 19, later CG 19); the guided missile destroyers USS Conyngham (DDG 17) and USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG 23), the destroyer escort (later frigate) USS Elmer Montgomery (DE 1082, later FF 1082), and the destroyers USS Glennon (DD 840) and USS Sarsfield (DD 837). Photo by Isidoro Cenera.Fabio Peña
Conyngham 31kPortsmouth, UK July 7 1977.Marc Piché
Conyngham 22kPortsmouth, UK July 7 1977.Marc Piché
Conyngham 41kPortsmouth, UK July 7 1977.Marc Piché
Conyngham 66kAt sea in the Mediterranean 1979.Marc Piché
Conyngham 73kAugust 1 1984, Pacific Ocean, a silhouetted starboard beam view of the guided missile destroyer USS Conyngham (DDG 17) operating off the west coast of El Salvador.Fred Weiss
Conyngham 75kAugust 1 1985, Atlantic Ocean, a port bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS Conyngham (DDG 17) during underway replenishment by the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61).Fred Weiss
Conyngham 103kDN-ST-85-05409. A starboard quarter view of the guided missile destroyer USS CONYNGHAM (DDG 17) as seen from an approaching utility boat off the coast of El Salvador. Photo by PH1 Jeff Hilton, August 1 1984.Bill Gonyo
Conyngham 93kAugust 15 1984, Pacific Ocean, an aerial starboard bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS Conyngham (DDG 17) underway off the coast of Central America.Fred Weiss
Conyngham 91kAugust 15 1984, Pacific Ocean, a aerial port quarter view of the guided missile destroyer USS Conyngham (DDG 17) underway off the coast of Central America.Fred Weiss
Conyngham 34kBoston, MA September 1987.Marc Piché
Conyngham 137kDN-ST-90-02384. A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS BELKNAP (CG-26) and the guided missile destroyer USS CONYNGHAM (DDG-17) moored at a pier, with the city of Gaeta in the background. Photo by JO1 Burke, November 1 1989.Bill Gonyo
Conyngham 55kShip's patchMike Smolinski
Conyngham 44kShip's patchMike Smolinski

USS CONYNGHAM DDG-17 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Dave Suckow
Address: 1871 Silver Bell Rd #103, Eagan MN 55122-1187
Phone: (615)681-1927
E-mail: dsuckow@comcast.net
Next Reunion: June 4-8 2008 at the Lincolnshire Marriott in Lincolnshire, IL
Reunion Contact: Len Gordon; PO Box 106; Milltown NJ 08850; (732)432-0588 DDGgusboat@aol.com

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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