USS Fox (CG-33)
USS Fox (CG-33) |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 16 January 1962 |
| Builder: | Todd Shipyards Corporation, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | 15 January 1963 |
| Launched: | 21 November 1964 |
| Acquired: | 20 May 1966 |
| Commissioned: | 8 May 1966 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 April 1994 |
| Struck: | 15 April 1994 |
| Homeport: | NS San Diego (former) |
| Fate: | Stricken, to be disposed of by scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7930 tons |
| Length: | 547 feet |
| Beam: | 55 feet |
| Draught: | 28 feet 10 inches |
| Speed: | 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 418 officers and men |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-48E air-search radar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: | one Mark 42 five-inch / 54-caliber gun, two three-inch (76 mm) guns, one Terrier missile / SM-2ER launcher, six 15.5-inch (394 mm) torpedo tubes, Harpoon missiles, Phalanx CIWS |
The USS Fox (DLG-33) was a Belknap-class cruiser of the United States Navy, named after Gustavus V. Fox, President Abraham Lincoln's Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The keel for DLG-33 was authenticated and laid in ceremonies at Todd Shipyards Corporation, San Pedro, California on 15 January 1963.
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