The ships were equipped with a torpedo-carrying DASH drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positioned amidships aft of the mack.

[4] She was constructed by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, laid down 3 November 1967, launched 5 September 1968 and delivered 1 December 1970.

During the cruise USS Lockwood participated in exercise MIDLINK-77 with the Iranian Navy, and visited a number of ports including Bandar Abbas, Iran; Bunbury, Western Australia; and Singapore.

On 1 November 1978 USS Lockwood, along with her sister ship Kirk and oiler Ashtabula arrived in Perth/Fremantle, Western Australia, for an R&R visit.

In July 1988, USS Lockwood changed home port to Naval Station Long Beach, California, as part of “Destroyer Squadron 9” where she would remain until her decommissioning on 30 September 1993, struck from the NVR after 22.8 years of service A contract was awarded on 29 September 1999 for $3.7 million to the Ship Dismantling & Recycling Joint Venture, San Francisco, California for towing/scrapping and the vessel was disposed of by recycling on 4 August 2000.