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LEAHY missile cruisers (1962 - 1964)


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  Richmond K. Turner 1981

Ships


No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
DLG16, 7.1975- CG16 Leahy 339 Bath Iron Wks 3.12.1959 1.7.1961 4.8.1962 stricken 10.1993
DLG17, 6.1975- CG17 Harry E. Yarnell 340 Bath Iron Wks 31.5.1960 9.12.1961 2.2.1963 stricken 10.1993
DLG18, 6.1975- CG18 Worden 341 Bath Iron Wks 19.9.1960 2.6.1962 3.8.1963 stricken 10.1993
DLG19, 6.1975- CG19 Dale 532 New York SB, Camden 6.9.1960 28.7.1962 23.11.1963 stricken 9.1994
DLG20, 6.1975- CG20 Richmond K. Turner 533 New York SB, Camden 9.1.1961 6.4.1963 13.6.1964 stricken 9.1994
DLG21, 6.1975- CG21 Gridley   Puget Sound N Yd 15.7.1960 31.7.1961 25.5.1963 stricken 1.1994
DLG22, 6.1975- CG22 England 76 Todd, Los Angeles 4.10.1960 6.3.1962 7.12.1963 stricken 1.1994
DLG23, 6.1975- CG23 Halsey   Mare Island N Yd 26.8.1960 15.1.1962 20.7.1963 stricken 1.1994
DLG24, 6.1975- CG24 Reeves   Puget Sound N Yd 1.7.1960 12.5.1962 15.5.1964 stricken 11.1993


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

5146

Displacement full, t

7590

Length, m

155.5 wl 162.5 oa

Breadth, m

16.3

Draught, m

5.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

DLG16 - 19: 2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

DLG20: 2 sets De Laval geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

DLG21, 22: 2 sets De Laval geared steam turbines, 4 Combustion Engineering boilers

DLG23, 24: 2 sets Allis-Chalmers geared steam turbines, 4 Combustion Engineering boilers

Power, h. p.

85000

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

oil 1800

Endurance, nm(kts)8000(20)
Armament

2 x 2 Terrier SAM (80 RIM-2), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5A), 2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (12), helicopter deck

Electronic equipmentSPS-37, SPS-39, SPS-10F, 4x SPG-55, 2x Mk 35 radars, SQS-23 sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3 ECM suites, 2x Mk 28 decoy RL
Complement

377



Standard scale images


<i>Leahy </i>1990
Leahy 1990
<i>Leahy </i>1979
Leahy 1979
<i>Leahy </i>1970
Leahy 1970
<i>Leahy </i>1981
Leahy 1981
<i>Dale </i>1988
Dale 1988


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  <i>Richmond K. Turner</i> 1981
  Richmond K. Turner 1981


Project history

In these ships guided missile was finally made paramount, with guns little more than an afterthought. The need for large numbers of missiles to protect the Fleet against a mounting air threat and the relatively slow rate of new construction led to a decision that new missile ships be double-ended. It had previously been objected that missile mounts in the bow would be so subject to sea damage as to be useless; in the Leahy class special efforts were to protect forward launcher, including the knuckling of the hull, which was uncharacteristic of previous US practice The decision to adopt a forecastle type of hull reflects the explosive growth of space (rather than weight) requirements, a characteristic of modern warship development. As in the Farraguts, ASW was a distinctly secondary consideration, but Leahys were designed to incorporate ASROC (without reloads) and had a bow dome for their SQS-23 sonars.

As in the case of earlier Terrier ships, the Leahy class suffered from limited effectiveness as built, and was subject to extensive modernization.

Modernizations

1967, Leahy; 1968, Harry E. Yarnell, Worden, Gridley, England, Reeves; 1972, Dale, Richmond K. Turner, Halsey: - 2 x 2 Terrier SAM (80 RIM-2), 4x SPG-55 radars; + 2 x 2 - Standard SM-1MR SAM (80 RIM-66), SPS-43, SPG-55B radars, NTDS CCS

late 1970s, Harry E. Yarnell, Richmond K. Turner, Gridley, Halsey, Reeves; early 1980s, Leahy, Worden, Dale, England: - 2 x 2 - 76/50, 2x Mk 35 radars; + 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84A), LN-66 radar

late 1970s, Leahy, Worden, Dale, England; early 1980s, Harry E. Yarnell, Richmond K. Turner, Gridley, Halsey, Reeves: + 2 x 6 -20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2x Mk 90 radars

early 1980s, all: - 2 x 2 Standard SM-1MR SAM (80 RIM-66); + 2 x 2 Standard SM-2ER SAM (80 RIM-67), 4 x 1 - 12.7/90

1980s, Harry E. Yarnell: - SQS-23 sonar; + SQQ-23B PAIR sonar

1987, England; 1988, Leahy, Harry E. Yarnell, Dale; 1989, Worden, Richmond K. Turner: under NTU modernisation - SPS-37, SPS-39, SPS-43, SPS-10F, 4x SPG-55B radars, WLR-1, WLR-3 ECM suites, 2x Mk 28 decoy RL; + SPS-48A, SPS-49(v)3, SPS-67, 4x SPG-55C radars, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy launchers

1990, Gridley, Halsey: under NTU modernisation - SPS-37, SPS-39, SPS-43, SPS-10F, 4x SPG-55B radars, 2x Mk 28 decoy RL; + SPS-48A, SPS-49(v)3, SPS-67, 4x SPG-55C radars, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy launchers

1990, Reeves: under NTU modernisation - SPS-39, SPS-43, 4x SPG-55B radars, 2x Mk 28 decoy RL; + SPS-48A, 4x SPG-55C radars, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy launchers

Naval service

No significant events.