USS TATTNALL was the 18th ship in the CHARLES F. ADAMS - class of guided missile destroyers and was homeported in Mayport, Fla.
USS TATTNALL was stricken from the Navy list on June 12, 1993, and was subsequently berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Philadelphia, PA, until sold to Brownsville International Shipbreaking Corp where she was scrapped.
| General Characteristics: | Keel laid: November 14, 1960 |
| Launched: August 26, 1961 |
| Commissioned: April 13, 1963 |
| Decommissioned: January 18, 1991 |
| Builder: Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, La |
| 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 |
General Characteristics 
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