USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)
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USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) |
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| Career (US) | |
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| Name: | Bainbridge |
| Namesake: | William Bainbridge |
| Ordered: | 1 September 1958 |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 5 May 1959 |
| Launched: | 15 April 1961 |
| Acquired: | 28 September 1962 |
| Commissioned: | 6 October 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 September 1996 |
| Struck: | 13 September 1996 |
| Fate: | Recycled 30 October 1999 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Heavily modified nuclear version of the Leahy class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 9100 tons |
| Length: | 172.1 m (565 ft) |
| Beam: | 17.6 m (57 ft 8 in) |
| Draft: | 3,2 m (8 ft 29 in) |
| Propulsion: | 60,000 shp; 2 G.E. Reactors (D2G), Geared Turbines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 34 knots (55 km/h) |
| Complement: | 475 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 AN/SPS-10 surface search RADAR AN/SPS-37 search RADAR AN/SPS-52 3D air search RADAR 4 AN/SPG-55 Terrier fire control RADAR AN/SQS-26 SONAR |
| Armament: | 2 Terrier SAM launchers (80 Missiles), 2 × 3"/50, ASROC (8 Missiles), 6 × 12.75" torpedo tubes, 8 Harpoon SSM |
USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25/CGN-25) was the only ship of her class. Initially a guided missile destroyer leader in the United States Navy, she was re-designated as a guided missile cruiser in 1975. This ship was nuclear-powered.
Read more about USS Bainbridge (CGN-25): Construction, History, 1980s-1990s, Decommissioning, Honors