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{{short description|Charles F. Adams-class destroyer}}
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|Ship image=USS Sellers (DDG-11) underway in the 1980s.jpg
|Ship caption=USS ''Sellers'' underway in the 1980s
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1989}}
|Ship name=''Sellers''
|Ship namesake=[[David F. Sellers]]
|Ship ordered=17 January 1958
|Ship builder=[[Bath Iron Works]]
|Ship laid down=3 August 1959
|Ship launched=9 September 1960
|Ship acquired=20 October 1961
|Ship commissioned=28 October 1961
|Ship decommissioned=31 October 1989
|Ship in service=
|Ship out of service=
|Ship struck=20 November 1992
|Ship identification=*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: NIUZ
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|India}}{{ICS|Uniform}}{{ICS|Zulu}}
*[[Hull number]]: DDG-11
|Ship honours=
|Ship fate=[[Ship breaking|Scrapped]], 15 September 2004
|Ship motto=''Guardian of Freedom''
|Ship notes=
|Ship badge=[[File:USS Sellers (DDG-11) insingia, in 1961 (NH 68125-KN).png|150px]]
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Ship class={{sclass|Charles F. Adams|destroyer}}
|Ship displacement=3,277 tons standard, 4,526 full load
|Ship length={{convert|437|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|47|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*2 × [[General Electric]] steam turbines providing {{convert|70000|shp|MW|abbr=on}}; 2 shafts
*4 × [[Babcock & Wilcox]] {{convert|1275|psi|abbr=on}} boilers
|Ship speed={{convert|33|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|4500|nmi|km}} at {{convert|20|kn|km/h}}
|Ship complement=338 (18 officers, 320 enlisted)
|Ship sensors=*AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar
*AN/SPS-10 surface search radar
*[[AN/SPG-51]] missile fire control radar
*AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar
*AN/SQS-23 Sonar and the hull mounted SQQ-23 Pair Sonar for DDG-2 through 19
*AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
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|Ship armament=*1 × [[Mk 11 missile launcher]] for [[RIM-24 Tartar]] [[Surface-to-air missile|SAM]] system, or later the [[RIM-66 Standard]] (SM-1) and [[Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon antiship missile]]
*2 × [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun|5"/54 caliber Mark 42 (127 mm) gun]]
*1 × 8-cell [[RUR-5 ASROC]] launcher
*2 × triple {{convert|12.75|in|adj=on}} [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mk 32 torpedo tubes]])
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'''USS ''Sellers'' (DDG-11)''' was a [[Charles F. Adams class destroyer|''Charles F. Adams''-class]] [[guided-missile destroyer]] built for the [[United States Navy]] in the 1950s.

==Design and description==
The ''Charles F. Addams'' class was based on a stretched {{sclass|Forrest Sherman|destroyer}} hull modified to accommodate smaller [[RIM-24 Tartar]] [[surface-to-air missile]]s and all their associated equipment.<ref name=g8/> The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|437|ft|m|1}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|47|ft|m|1}} and a deep [[draft (ship)|draft]] of {{convert|15|ft|m|1}}. They [[Displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|4526|LT|t}} at full load. Their crew consisted of 18 officers and 320 enlisted men.<ref name=f3>Friedman, p. 422</ref>

The ships were equipped with two geared [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[propeller shaft]], using steam provided by four [[water-tube boiler]]s. The turbines were intended to produce {{convert|70000|shp|lk=in}} to reach the designed speed of {{convert|33|kn|lk=in}}. The ''Adams'' class had a range of {{convert|4500|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|20|kn}}.<ref name=g8>Gardiner, Chumley & Budzbon, p. 587</ref>

The ''Charles F. Adams''-class ships were armed with two [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun]]s, one forward and one aft of the [[superstructure]]. They were fitted with an eight-round [[RUR-5 ASROC|ASROC]] launcher between the [[funnel (ship)|funnel]]s. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two triple sets of {{convert|12.75|in|adj=on}} [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mk 32 torpedo tubes]]. The primary armament of the ships was the Tartar surface-to-air missile designed to defend the [[carrier battle group]]. They were fired via the dual-arm [[Mk 11 missile launcher]] and the ships stowed a total of 42 missiles for the launcher.<ref name=g8/>

==Construction and career==
''Sellers'', named for Admiral [[David F. Sellers]], was laid down by the [[Bath Iron Works]] at [[Bath, Maine|Bath]] in [[Maine]] on 3 August 1959, launched on 9 September 1960 by Mrs. Hugh Scott and commissioned on 28 October 1961. ''Sellers'' was decommissioned on 31 October 1989, stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 20 November 1992 and sold on 25 July 1995.

As of 2005, no other U.S. Navy ship has been named ''Sellers''.

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1982|isbn=0-87021-733-X}}
*{{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Chumbley|first2=Stephen|last3=Budzbon |first3=Przemysław|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=1-55750-132-7|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DDG11}}}}

==External links==
*[http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/destroyers/pages/uss_sellers_ddg_11_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest USS Sellers DDG-11 pages]
*[http://www.usssellers.org/ USS Sellers Association]
 
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