50年代末期至60年代初期,美国海军在武器和电子设备方面取得了很大发展,研制并改进了一批新型对空、反潜导弹,并应用于军舰上,如在“孔茨”级驱逐舰上,就首次装备了“阿斯洛克”反潜导弹发射装置。“孔茨”级导弹驱逐舰主要用于航母编队中对空防御,由于该级舰造价较高,总共只建有10艘。为加强航母防卫力量,海军决定新建造一级吨位小些的驱逐舰,并装备新式武器、电子装备。这样,在以“孔茨”级作战任务要求为指导下,研制出了“查尔 From the late 1950s to the early 1960s, the U.S. Navy has made great strides in arms and electronic equipment. It has developed and improved a number of new types of air-to-air and anti-submarine missiles and applied them to warships. For example, on the Kötsch class destroyers , For the first time equipped with “Aslock” anti-submarine missile launchers. The “KUNZ” class guided missile destroyers are mainly used for air defenses in aircraft carrier formations. Due to the high cost of the class ships, a total of only 10 ships have been built. In order to strengthen the aircraft carrier's defense force, the Navy decided to newly build a smaller tonnage destroyer and equip new types of weapons and electronic equipment. In this way, under the guidance of “Kondz” class combat mission requirements, "Charles was developed