USS Halsey (DLG-23)
USS Halsey (CG-23) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Halsey |
| Namesake | William Halsey, Jr. |
| Builder | San Francisco Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 26 August 1960 |
| Launched | 15 January 1962 |
| Sponsored by | Margaret Denham and Jane Halsey |
| Commissioned | 20 July 1963 |
| Decommissioned | 28 January 1994 |
| Reclassified | Guided-missile cruiser, 30 June 1975 |
| Stricken | 28 January 1994 |
| Identification | DLG-23/CG-23 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, Texas. Scrapping completed 30 November 2003 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Leahy-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 7,903 tons |
| Length | 533 ft (162 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 400 officers and enlisted |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
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The USS Halsey (DLG-23, later CG-23) was a Leahy-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy named in honor of Fleet Admiral William Halsey. Originally called a destroyer leader or frigate (DLG-23), on 30 June 1975 she was redesignated a cruiser (CG-23) in the U.S. Navy's ship reclassification.