FGS Rommel (D187)

FGS Rommel (D187)

D187 "Rommel" was a guided missile destroyer of the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) and later the Deutsche Marine (Navy of reunited Germany). It was the third and last ship of the Lütjens class, a modification of the Charles F. Adams class.

"Rommel" was laid down August 221967 by Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine with the hull number DDG-30. On February 11969 she was launched and baptised "Rommel" by Lucie Maria Rommel, widow of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel. May 21970 she was commissioned into the "1. Zerstörergeschwader" (first destroyer squadron), based in Kiel.

In September 301998 she had to be decommissioned, because the operating licence for the boilers expired. She was then towed to Wilhelmshaven and cannibalised for spare parts for her two sisters, "Lütjens" and "Mölders", which continued to serve for five more years. In 2004 she was finally scrapped in Turkey.

References

* [http://zerstoerer-rommel.de/ Zerstörer Rommel] (in German)


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