"Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think he can respond with a great deal of pride and satisfaction ... I served in the U. S. Navy"
John F. Kennedy
To paraphrase John Stuart Mill's "The Contest In America" 1862
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things." "A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for ... is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
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Propulsion: Two DeLaval steam turbines - 85,000 shp; 2 shafts Four 1200 psi Combustion Engineering boilers Two Six-bladed constant pitch props, Single rudder
Crew: 418 (31 officers, 387 enlisted)
Missiles: One Dual railed Mk10 Mod7 launcher Terrier/Standard-ER SAM Magazine Cap: 60 combined Terrier and ASROC): Guns: One 5-inch 54-caliber Dual purpose Mk42 Two 3-inch 50-caliber single barreled
ASW Weapons: ASROC launched from Mk 10 missile launcher Two triple tube Mk 32 torpedo mounts
Radars: SPS-10 Surface search (replaced by SPS-67 in 1991) SPS-40 Air search radar SPS-48 3-D search
Sonar:
SQS-26BX bow mounted sonar
Fire Control: One MK 14 Weapons Direction System One MK 114 ASW fire control system One Mk 76 Mod 9 missile fire control system using 2 SPG-55B radars One Mk 68 Gun Fire Control System with SPG-53F radar (5" gun) Two Manual visual directors for 3" 50 caliber guns
EW Systems:
One SLQ-32 electronic Warfare Suite
SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
Chaffroc - rocket deployed chaff dsipensers
Decommissioned 24 March 1994 at Naval Station, San Diego, CA.
Commanding Officers:
CAPT Christofferson Jr., Edward A. - 08 Apr 67 to 29 Nov 70
CAPT Tyler, Claude L. - 29 Nov 68 to 13 Aug 70
CAPT Hilton, Jack - 13 Aug 70 to 06 Mar 72
CAPT Reichert, Herbert E. - 06 Mar 72 to 26 Apr 74
CAPT Collins, Phillip K. - 26 Apr 74 to 9 Oct 75
CAPT Farnham, Charles G. - 9 Oct 75 to 1 Feb 78
CAPT Donnell III, John S. (retired VADM) - 1 Feb 78 to 6 Feb 80
CAPT Richardson, Daniel C. (retired RADM) - 6 Feb 80 to 13 Feb 82
CAPT Sullivan III, Geroge E. - 13 Feb 82 to 15 Feb 84
CAPT McCoy, Jimmy H. - 15 Feb 84 to 10 Oct 85
CAPT Lockett III, Joseph L. - 10 Oct 85 to 6 Aug 86
CAPT Bailey, Fred W. - 6 Aug 86 to 27 Sep 86
CAPT Genet, Richard P. - 27 Sep 86 to 19 Aug 88
CAPT Plott, Barry M. - 19 Aug 88 to 10 Sep 90
CAPT Blount Jr., Thomas E. - 10 Sep 90 to 17 Dec 92
CAPT Dorsey, Gordon O. - 17 Dec 92 to 24 Mar 94
