USS Belknap (CG-26)
USS Belknap (CG-26) |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Belknap |
| Namesake: | Rear Admirals George E. Belknap (1832-1903) and Reginald R. Belknap (1871–1959) |
| Ordered: | 16 May 1961 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 5 February 1962 |
| Launched: | 20 July 1963 |
| Acquired: | 4 November 1964 |
| Commissioned: | 7 November 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 February 1995 |
| Struck: | 15 December 1995 |
| Fate: | sunk as a target on 24 September 1998, SINKEX |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Belknap class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 8957 tons |
| Length: | 547 feet (167 m) |
| Beam: | 55 feet (17 m) |
| Draught: | 31 ft (9.5 m) (maximum navigational) |
| Propulsion: | Two sets GE or De laval steam turbines. total 85,000 shp (63 MW) |
| Speed: | maximum speed 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Complement: | 64 officers and 546 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-48E air-search radar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: | one Mark 42 five-inch / 54-caliber gun, two three-inch (76 mm) guns, one Mark 10 Mod 7 Missile SystemTerrier missile / SM-2ER, six 12.76-inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes, Harpoon missiles, Phalanx CIWS |
USS Belknap (DLG-26/CG-26), named for Rear Admirals George E. Belknap (1832-1903) and Reginald Rowan Belknap (1871–1959), was the lead ship of her class of guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy. She was launched as DLG-26, a guided missile frigate under the then-current designation system, and reclassified as CG-26 on 30 June 1975.
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