Specifications

Leahy Class Guided Missile Cruisers

(As Of October 2003)


Name Builder LD LCH COM

DLG/CG.16 Leahy

Bath Iron Works, Bath Me

Dec.3/59

Jul.1/61

Aug.4/62

anti-air upgrade Feb.15/67-May.5/68
New Threat Upgrade 1987
DECOM Oct.1/93
stricken Oct.1/93
to Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Oct.8/93
moored at Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benecia, CA
to be scrapped

Name Builder LD LCH COM

DLG/CG.17 Harry E Yarnell

Bath Iron Works, Bath Me

May.31/60

Dec.9/61

Feb.2/63

anti-air upgrade Feb.9/68-Jul.12/69
New Threat Upgrade 1987
DECOM Oct.20/93
stricken Oct.29/93
to Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet) Feb.15/94
sold for scrap Apr.14/95
contractor defaulted Jan.7/97
to Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, PA Jan.7/97
moored at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, PA
to be scrapped

Name Builder LD LCH COM

DLG/CG.18 Worden

Bath Iron Works, Bath Me

Sep.19/60

Jun.2/62

Aug.3/63

anti-air upgrade Nov.10/69-Jan.16/71
New Threat Upgrade 1987
DECOM Oct.1/93
stricken Oct.1/93
sunk Jun.17/2000 in SINKEX exercise (RIMPAC 2000)

Name Builder LD LCH COM

DLG/CG.19 Dale

New York Shipbuilding,Camden, New Jersey

Sep.6/60

Jul.28/62

Nov.23/62

anti-air upgrade Nov.10/70-Nov.20/71
New Threat Upgrade 1987
DECOM Sep.27/94
stricken Sep.27/94
to be sunk in SINKEX exercise
moored at NISMF

Name Builder LD LCH COM

DLG/CG.20 Richmond K Turner

New York Shipbuilding,Camden, New Jersey

Jan.9/61

Apr.6/63

Jun.13/64

anti-air upgrade Apr.27/71-May.4/72
New Threat Upgrade 1988
DECOM Apr.13/95
stricken Apr.13/95
sunk as target Aug.9./98

Name Builder LD LCH COM

DLG/CG.21 Gridley

Puget Sound Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Seattle

Jul.15/60

Jul.31/61

May.25/63

anti-air upgrade Sep.10/68-Jan.17/70
New Threat Upgrade 1989
DECOM Jan.21/94
stricken Jan.21/94
to Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet) Jan.28/94
moored at Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benecia, CA
to be scrapped

Name Builder LD LCH COM

DLG/CG.22 England

Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp,Seattle

Oct.4/60

Mar.6/62

Dec.7/62

anti-air upgrade Apr.25/70-Jun.26/71
New Threat Upgrade 1986
DECOM Jan.21/94
stricken Jan.21/94
to Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet) Feb.22/94
moored at Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benecia, CA
to be scrapped

Name Builder LD LCH COM

DLG/CG.23 Halsey

San Francisco Navy Yard, CA

Aug.26/60

Jan.15/62

Jul.29/63

anti-air upgrade Nov.20/71-Dec.26/72
New Threat Upgrade 1989
DECOM Jan.28/94
stricken Jan.28/94
to Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet) Mar.7/94
moored at Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benecia, CA
to be scrapped

Name Builder LD LCH COM

DLG/CG.24 Reeves

Puget Sound Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Seattle

Jul.1/60

May.1/62

May.15/64

anti-air upgrade Apr./69-Aug./70
New Threat Upgrade 1988
DECOM Nov.12/93
stricken Nov.12/94
moored at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor, HI
to be sunk in SINKEX exercise

All reclassified as guided missile cruisers (CG) on Jun.30/75


Dimensions

Length(O/A)

533.0'

Length(W/L)

N/A

Beam

55'

Draft

25'


Displacement

Full Load

8,200 tons

Standard

5,670 tons


Propulsion

Boilers

4 Babcock & Wilcox 1,200 psi (CG-16-18)
4 Foster-Wheeler "D" Type 1,200 psi (CG-19-24)

Turbines

2 GE geared steam (CG-16-18)
2 De Laval geared steam (CG-19-22)
2 Allis-Chalmers geared steam (CG-23-24)

Horsepower

60,000 shp

Shafts

4

Endurance

8,000 NM @ 20 knts

Max Speed

30-31.5 knts


Armament

Main Battery

4 x 3"/50 in 2 twin mounts aft
removed in favour of the Harpoons 1980s

SAM

1 twin Terrier Mk-10 Mod 5 launcher forward
1 twin Terrier Mk 10 Mod 6 launcher aft
w/80 Terrier missiles
modified in AAW upgrade to fire GDC Standard SM-1ER (RIM-87B)
modified to fire SM-2ER in early 1980s

SSM

8-RGM-84A Mk-141 Harpoon in two quad launchers
replaced 3"

ASW

1 Mk 16 Mod 7 w/8 Honeywell ASROC

CIWS

2 GE/GD 20mm/76 Phalanx 6-barreled (Mk-15) aft
1 starboard 1 port (installed 1980s)

Torpedoes

6 x 12.75" tubes in 2 triple mounts


Countermeasures

Decoys

4 Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barreled Mk-36
SLQ-26 Nixie towed torpedo decoy


Radars

Air Search

ITT SPS 48A
Raytheon SPS 49(V)3/5

NTDS

OE-82 satellite communications attenna
SSR 1 reciever
3 x WSC-3 transcievers
SLQ 32 ECM

Surface Search

Norden SPS 67 or 10F

Navigatyon

Marconi LN 66

Fire Control

1 Mk 114 antisubmarine warfare
4 Sperry/RCA SPG 55B
4 Mk 76 missile control systems

Sonars

GE/Hughes SQS 23 bow-mounted


Aircraft

Helicopters

Platform for medium helicopter (VERTREP)


Complement

Usual

359 enlisted
18 officers


REF: http://web.archive.org/web/20031007220505/http://www.warships1.com/UScg16_Leahy_specs.htm