USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)

USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)
USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)
USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) in September 1962.
History
United States
NameBainbridge
NamesakeWilliam Bainbridge
Ordered1 September 1958
BuilderBethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down5 May 1959
Launched15 April 1961
Sponsored bySusan Bainbridge Goodale
Acquired28 September 1962
Commissioned6 October 1962
Decommissioned13 September 1996
Stricken13 September 1996
Motto"Mobility Endurance Versatility"
FateRecycled 30 October 1999
NotesOriginally designated destroyer, re-designated Cruiser
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General characteristics
Class and typeHeavily modified nuclear version of the Leahy-class cruiser
Displacement9100 tons
Length565 ft (172 m)[1]
Beam57.75 ft (17.60 m)[1]
Draft29 ft (8.8 m) (maximum)[1]
Propulsion60,000 shp; 2 G.E. Reactors (D2G), Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
RangeUnlimited
Complement556 (43 Officers, 513 enlisted)[2]
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25/CGN-25) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy, the only ship of her class. Named in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge, she was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. With her original hull classification symbol of DLGN (nuclear-powered guided missile destroyer leader, called a "frigate" at the time), she was the first nuclear-powered destroyer-type ship in the US Navy, and shared her name with the lead ship of the first US Navy destroyer class, the Bainbridge-class destroyers.

Bainbridge was re-designated as a guided missile cruiser in 1975. She was commissioned in 1962, and served for over 30 years in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, and Middle East before being decommissioned in 1996.

  1. ^ a b c "USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25/CGN-25)". navsource.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ Naval Vessel Register
  3. ^ a b c d e Blackman, Raymond V. B. Jane's Fighting Ships (1970/71) p.430
  4. ^ Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard Radars" United States Naval Institute Proceedings December 1978 p.144