USS Gridley (DLG-21)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Gridley.

Uss Gridley, underway, starboard view
USS Gridley (CG-21)
History
United States
NameGridley
NamesakeCharles Vernon Gridley
BuilderPuget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington
Laid down15 July 1960
Launched31 July 1961
Commissioned25 May 1963
Decommissioned10 September 1968
Recommissioned17 January 1970
Decommissioned21 January 1994
ReclassifiedCG-21 on 30 June 1975
Stricken21 January 1994
MottoWorld's Greatest Cruiser[citation needed]
FateSold for scrap to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, TX. 4 October 2003. Reacquired from MARAD 23 January 2004. Scrapping completed on 31 March 2005.
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General characteristics
Class and typeLeahy-class cruiser
Displacement7400 tons
Length533 feet
Beam53 feet
Draft26 feet
Propulsion
Speed30 knots
Complement373 officers and men
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armamentfour 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (Later replaced by 8 Harpoon anti-ship missiles), two Mk 32 SVTT Mounts with three Mk 46 torpedoes each, four Terrier missile launchers (Later replaced with Standard Missiles), one ASROC launcher, 2 Phalanx CIWS Mounts ('70's era and later)

USS Gridley (DLG-21/CG-21), a Leahy-class guided missile cruiser, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after Charles Vernon Gridley, who distinguished himself with Admiral George Dewey's force at the Battle of Manila Bay on 1 May 1898.

Her keel was laid down by the Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company of Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 31 July 1961 sponsored by Mrs. Stuart D. Rose, great-granddaughter of Captain Gridley, and commissioned on 25 May 1963.[1]

  1. ^ "Gridley III". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.