USS Halsey (DLG-23)

USS Halsey (CG-23)

USS Halsey (CG-23)
History
United States
Name	Halsey
Namesake	William Halsey, Jr.
Builder	San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Laid down	26 August 1960
Launched	15 January 1962
Sponsored by	Margaret Denham and Jane Halsey
Commissioned	20 July 1963
Decommissioned	28 January 1994
Reclassified	Guided-missile cruiser, 30 June 1975
Stricken	28 January 1994
Identification	DLG-23/CG-23
Fate	Sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, Texas. Scrapping completed 30 November 2003
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General characteristics
Class and type	Leahy-class cruiser
Displacement	7,903 tons
Length	533 ft (162 m)
Beam	53 ft (16 m)
Draft	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Propulsion	2 × Allis-Chalmers steam turbines providing 85,000 shp (63 MW); 2 shafts 4 × Foster-Wheeler boilers
Speed	32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	400 officers and enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-39 followed by AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar AN/SPS-43 followed by AN/SPS-49 2D air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SPG-55 missile fire control radar AN/SQS-23 bow mounted sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament	2 × Mark 10 Terrier SAM 1 × ASROC ASW system 4 × 3 in(76 mm)guns (replaced by Harpoon missiles during 1980s) 6 × 12.75 in(324 mm)ASW TT 2 × Phalanx CIWS

The USS Halsey (DLG-23, later CG-23) was a Leahy-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy named in honor of Fleet Admiral William Halsey. Originally called a destroyer leader or frigate (DLG-23), on 30 June 1975 she was redesignated a cruiser (CG-23) in the U.S. Navy's ship reclassification.