Belknap-class Guided Missile Cruiser

The Belknap-class guided missile cruiser was a class of single-ended guided missile cruisers (their missile armament was installed only forward, unlike "double-ended" missile cruisers with missile armament installed both forward and aft) built for the United States Navy during the 1960s. They were originally designated as DLG frigates (destroyer leaders; the USN use of the term frigate from 1950 to 1975 was intended to evoke the power of the sailing frigates of old), but in the 1975 fleet realignment, they were reclassified as guided missile cruisers (CG).
==Specifications==
===Original Specifications===
*Type: Guided Missile Cruiser (Hull designation symbol CG)
*Service Period: 1964-1996 (USN)
*Characteristics
**Length: 547 feet (166.73 meters)
**Beam: 55 feet (16.77 meters)
**Draft: 29 feet (8.84 meters)
**Displacement: 7,930 tons (8,057 metric tons)
*Crew: 477 (27 officers and 450 enlisted)
*Propulsion: four 1200 psi (8300 kPa) boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts. 85,000 shp (63,384 kW)
*Range:
*Speed: 32 knots (59.27 km/h)
*Sensor Suite:
**AN/SPS-10 surface search RADAR
**AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar
**AN/SPS-49 2D air search radar
**AN/SPG-55 Terrier missile fire control radar x 2
**AN/SQS-26 SONAR
*Countermeasures
**AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures suite
**AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
**Mk.36 SBROC
**NATO Seagnat
*Armament
**1 x Mk.42 5"/54-caliber lightweight naval gun
**2 x Mk.22 3"/50-caliber dual purpose naval gun
**1 x Mk.10 Mod 7 Terrier Missile Launcher (fires RIM-2 Terrier SAMs, later fires RIM-66 Standard-1 and RIM-67 Standard-2 SAMs)
**2 x Mk.141 Harpoon SSM Launchers
**2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
**2 x Mk.32 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes
===New Threat Upgrade===
*Type: Guided Missile Cruiser
*Service Period: 1964-1996 (USN)
*Characteristics
**Length: 547 feet (166.73 meters)
**Beam: 55 feet (16.77 meters)
**Draft: 29 feet (8.84 meters)
**Displacement: 7,930 tons (8,057 metric tons)
*Crew: 477 (27 officers and 450 enlisted)
*Propulsion: 4 x 1200 psi (8300 kPa) boilers, 2 x geared steam turbines, 2 x shafts (85,000 shp (63,384 kW))
*Speed: 32 knots (59.264 km/h)
*Sensor Suite
**AN/SYR-1 Communications Tracking Set
**AN/SYS-2(V)1 Integrated Automatic Detection and Tracking System
**AN/SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
**AN/SPS-48E 3D Air Search Radar
**AN/SPS-49(V)5 2D Air Search Radar
**AN/SPG-53F Gun Fire Control Radar
**AN/SPG-55B Missile Fire Control Radar
**Mk.14 Weapons Direction System
**Advanced Combat Direction System
**Radar Environmental Simulator System
*Countermeasures:
**AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures Suite
**AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
**AN/SLQ-49 Chaff Buoy Decoy System
**Mk.36 SBROC
**Seagnat
*Armament
**1 x Mk.45 5"/54-caliber lightweight naval gun
**1 x Mk.16 ASROC Missile Launcher
**1 x Mk.26 Twin-Arm Missile Launcher (fires RIM-66 SM-1 and RIM-67 SM-2ER)
**1 x Mk.141 Harpoon SSM Launcher
**2 x Mk.32 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes
**1 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
*Aircraft Carried: 1 x Kaman SH-2F Seasprite
==Unit Run==
 	Keel laid 	Launched 	Commissioned 	Decommissioned 	Notes
USS Belknap (CG-26) 	February 5, 1962 	July 20, 1963 	November 7, 1964	February 15, 1995	
USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) 	April 23, 1962 	December 2, 1963 	May 8, 1965 	January 21, 1994 	
USS Wainwright (CG-28) 	July 2, 1962 	April 25, 1965 	January 8, 1966 	November 15, 1993	Museum ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia
USS Jouett (CG-29) 	September 25, 1962	June 30, 1964 	December 3, 1966	January 28, 1994 	
USS Horne (CG-30) 	November 12, 1962 	October 30, 1964 	April 15, 1967 	February 4, 1994 	
USS Sterett (CG-31) 	September 25, 1962	June 30, 1964 	April 8, 1967 	March 24, 1994 	Museum ship in Eureka, California
USS William H. Standley (CG-32)	July 29, 1963 	December 19, 1964	July 9, 1966 	February 11, 1994	
USS Fox (CG-33) 	January 15, 1963 	November 21, 1964	May 8, 1966 	April 15, 1994 	
USS Biddle (CG-34) 	December 9, 1963 	July 2, 1965 	January 10, 1967	November 3, 1993 	
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