USS Buchanan (DDG-14)
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| Laid down: | 23 April 1959 |
| Launched: | 11 May 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 7 February 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 October 1991 |
| Fate: | sunk as a target, 14 June 2000 |
| Struck: | 20 November 1992 |
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USS Buchanan (DDG-14), named for Admiral Franklin Buchanan, was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer in the United States Navy.
Buchanan was laid down by Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding at Seattle in Washington on 23 April 1959, launched on 11 May 1960 and commissioned on 7 February 1962.
- 29 years of history go here.
Buchanan was decommissioned on 1 October 1991, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 20 November 1992 and sunk as a target off Hawaii on 14 June 2000.