USS "Sterett" (DLG/CG-31) was a &lt;a href="Belknap-class%20cruiser"&gt;"Belknap"-class destroyer leader / cruiser&lt;/a&gt;. She was the third ship to be named for Master Commandant Andrew Sterett (1778–1807), who served during the Quasi-War with France and the Barbary Wars. She was launched as DLG-31, a frigate, and reclassified a cruiser (CG) on 30 June 1975.