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.Q trike Destrove R USS Arthur W. Radford With an overall length of 563 feet, beam of 55 feet and displacing 9000 tons. USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD is a monolith next to her tiny tin can predecessors. This formidable warship features two 5 54 caliber gun mounts. Nato Seasparrow and Harpoon missiles, Phalanx Close-in Weapons System, Mark 46 Torpedoes, and the Vertical Launch System, capable of storing and launching 61 Tomahawk cruise missiles against land or sea targets, combin- ing Anti-Submarine and Strike Warfare on a single surface platform. The engineering plant uses four LM-2500 Gas Turbine Engines on two shafts. Channeled through enormous reduction gears, the 20,000 horsepower of each engine can propel the ship from dead stop to 30+ knots in a very short distance; reversible-pitch propellers allow her to stop in less than one shiplength. Admiral Arthur W. Radford Admiral Arthur W. Radford was bom in Chicago, Illinois on February 27, H H , and served in three wars. He was onboard USS SOUTH CAROLINA, a battleship in the Ail. mm Fleet, and was Aide and First lieutenant to Commander, battleship Division ONE during World War I. He served in the Navy Department ' s Bureau of Aeronautics and Naval Personnel and in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations early in World War II; as Commander, Aircraft Pacific, during the latter part of that war. At the outbreak of the Korean hostilities, he was serving as ( lommander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, later being given the responsibility of the Marianas Bonin area and the Philippines Formosa area. In December 1945, he became Deputy Commander of Naval Operations (Air) and after a year in command of SECOND TASK FLEET, returned to the Navy Department as Vice Chief of Naval Operations. In June 1953 he was appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He retired on 01 August 1957.
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