USS Sterett (DLG-31/CG-31)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Sterett |
Namesake | Andrew Sterett |
Ordered | 20 September 1961 |
Builder | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Laid down | 25 September 1962 |
Launched | 30 June 1964 |
Acquired | 16 June 1967 |
Commissioned | 8 April 1967 |
Decommissioned | 24 March 1994 |
Reclassified | CG-31 on 30 June 1975 |
Stricken | 24 March 1994 |
Homeport | |
Motto | Dauntless |
Fate | Stricken, contract awarded for the dismantling of this ship July 2005 |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Belknap-class cruiser |
Displacement | 7,930 tons |
Length | 547 ft (167 m) |
Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 10 in (8.79 m) |
Speed | 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) |
Complement | 418 officers and men |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
Armament |
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USS Sterett (DLG/CG-31) was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. 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.
The contract to construct Sterett was awarded on 20 September 1961. Her keel was laid down at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 25 September 1962. Sponsored by Mrs. Phyllis Nitze, wife of Secretary of the Navy, Paul H. Nitze, she was launched on 30 June 1964, delivered to the navy on 16 June 1967 and commissioned on 8 April 1967.
Sterett earned nine battle stars for her service along the coast of Vietnam.[1]