USS WILLIAM H. STANDLEY was the seventh BELKNAP - class guided missile cruiser and the first ship in the Navy named after Admiral William H. Standley. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on February 11, 1994, the WILLIAM H. STANDLEY spent the following years at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benecia, Ca. In early 2004, the STANDLEY was brought to the Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility Pearl Harbor, Hi., in preparation for a SINKEX that was finally conducted on June 23, 2005.
Hull number: CG-32
Awarded: January 16, 1962
Keel laid: July 29, 1963
Launched: December 19, 1964
Commissioned: July 9, 1966
Decommissioned: February 11, 1994
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 General Electric geared turbines
Armament: two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, one Mk-10 missile launcher for Standard missiles (ER) and ASROC, Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts
