:German destroyer Hamburg
{{short description|Hamburg-class destroyer}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:Alte Hamburg (D 181).jpg | Ship caption = Hamburg entering {{ill|Kaiser lock|de|Kaiserschleuse}}, Bremerhaven in March 1971. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Germany | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Germany|naval}} | Ship name = Hamburg | Ship namesake = Hamburg | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg | Ship yard number = | Ship laid down = 29 January 1959 | Ship launched = 26 March 1960 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 23 March 1964 | Ship decommissioned = 24 February 1994 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship identification = *Pennant number: D181
| Ship honours = | Ship fate =Scrapped in 1998 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Hamburg-class destroyer |Ship type= |Ship displacement=4,050 tonnes |Ship length= {{convert|133.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|13.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|4.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=4 × Wahodag boilers, 2 steam turbines, 72,000 shp |Ship speed=*{{convert|35|kn|km/h}}
|Ship range= {{convert|3400|nmi|km}} at {{convert|18|kn|km/h}} |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=284 |Ship sensors=*3 × HSA fire-control radars
|Ship EW= |Ship armament=*3 × DCN 100 mm/L55 guns
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Hamburg (D181) was the lead ship of the Hamburg-class destroyer of the German Navy.
Background
The Type 101 Hamburg class was the only class of destroyers built during post-war Germany. They were specifically designed to operate in the Baltic Sea, where armament and speed is more important than seaworthiness. They were named after Bundesländer (states of Germany) of West Germany.
The German shipyard Stülcken was contracted to design and build the ships. Stülcken was rather inexperienced with naval shipbuilding, but got the order, since the shipyards traditionally building warships for the German navies like Blohm + Voss, Howaldtswerke or Lürssen were all occupied constructing commercial vessels.
Construction and career
Hamburg was laid down on 29 January 1959 and launched on 26 March 1960 in Hamburg. She was commissioned on 23 March 1964 and decommissioned on 24 February 1994. Finally towed to Spain and scrapped in 1998.{{Cite web|title=Hamburg D181|url=https://www.helis.com/database/unit/259-Hamburg|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Helis.com|language=en}}
In 1969, the ships of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Standing Naval Force Atlantic steam into Boston, Massachusetts. The leading ship is the USS McCaffery. The other STANAVFORLANT ships at that time were HMS Dido, Almirante Pereira da Silva, Hamburg, HNLMS Isaac Sweers and HMCS Assiniboine.{{Cite web|title=History 1969 page|url=http://www.ussdd860.com/History-1969.html|access-date=2020-10-22|website=www.ussdd860.com}}
In July 1981, Hamburg participated in the 25th anniversary celebration of German naval aviation training in Pensacola, United States.
Gallery
File:Zerstörer Hamburg.jpg|View of Hamburg’s bow in 1965.
File:West German destroyer Hamburg (D181) underway on 24 September 1969.jpg|Hamburg underway in the Atlantic during Operation Peacekeeper on 24 September 1969.
File:West German destroyer Hamburg (D181) underway during Operation Peacekeeperon 24 September 1969.jpg|Hamburg underway in the Atlantic during Operation Peacekeeper on 24 September 1969.
File:STANAVFORLANT ships entering Boston harbour c1969.jpg|Hamburg (3rd ship) coming into Boston Harbor in 1969.
File:Hamburg (D-181) at Pensacola.jpg|Hamburg at Pensacola on 6 July 1981.
File:West German destroyer Hamburg (D181) underway with other NATO ships.jpg|Hamburg underway with other NATO ships off Long Island, New York in the 1980s.
References
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