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  Richmond K. Turner 1981

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
DLG16, 7.1975- CG16	Leahy	339	Bath Iron Wks	3.12.1959	1.7.1961	4.8.1962	stricken 10.1993
DLG17, 6.1975- CG17	Harry E. Yarnell	340	Bath Iron Wks	31.5.1960	9.12.1961	2.2.1963	stricken 10.1993
DLG18, 6.1975- CG18	Worden	341	Bath Iron Wks	19.9.1960	2.6.1962	3.8.1963	stricken 10.1993
DLG19, 6.1975- CG19	Dale	532	New York SB, Camden	6.9.1960	28.7.1962	23.11.1963	stricken 9.1994
DLG20, 6.1975- CG20	Richmond K. Turner	533	New York SB, Camden	9.1.1961	6.4.1963	13.6.1964	stricken 9.1994
DLG21, 6.1975- CG21	Gridley		Puget Sound N Yd	15.7.1960	31.7.1961	25.5.1963	stricken 1.1994
DLG22, 6.1975- CG22	England	76	Todd, Los Angeles	4.10.1960	6.3.1962	7.12.1963	stricken 1.1994
DLG23, 6.1975- CG23	Halsey		Mare Island N Yd	26.8.1960	15.1.1962	20.7.1963	stricken 1.1994
DLG24, 6.1975- CG24	Reeves		Puget Sound N Yd	1.7.1960	12.5.1962	15.5.1964	stricken 11.1993

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	5146
Displacement full, t	7590
Length, m	155.5 wl 162.5 oa
Breadth, m	16.3
Draught, m	5.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	DLG16 - 19: 2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers DLG20: 2 sets De Laval geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers DLG21, 22: 2 sets De Laval geared steam turbines, 4 Combustion Engineering boilers DLG23, 24: 2 sets Allis-Chalmers geared steam turbines, 4 Combustion Engineering boilers
Power, h. p.	85000
Max speed, kts	32
Fuel, t	oil 1800
Endurance, nm(kts)	8000(20)
Armament	2 x 2 Terrier SAM (80 RIM-2), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5A), 2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (12), helicopter deck
Electronic equipment	SPS-37, SPS-39, SPS-10F, 4x SPG-55, 2x Mk 35 radars, SQS-23 sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3 ECM suites, 2x Mk 28 decoy RL
Complement	377

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Project history

In these ships guided missile was finally made paramount, with guns little more than an afterthought. The need for large numbers of missiles to protect the Fleet against a mounting air threat and the relatively slow rate of new construction led to a decision that new missile ships be double-ended. It had previously been objected that missile mounts in the bow would be so subject to sea damage as to be useless; in the Leahy class special efforts were to protect forward launcher, including the knuckling of the hull, which was uncharacteristic of previous US practice The decision to adopt a forecastle type of hull reflects the explosive growth of space (rather than weight) requirements, a characteristic of modern warship development. As in the Farraguts, ASW was a distinctly secondary consideration, but Leahys were designed to incorporate ASROC (without reloads) and had a bow dome for their SQS-23 sonars.

As in the case of earlier Terrier ships, the Leahy class suffered from limited effectiveness as built, and was subject to extensive modernization.

Modernizations

1967, Leahy; 1968, Harry E. Yarnell, Worden, Gridley, England, Reeves; 1972, Dale, Richmond K. Turner, Halsey: - 2 x 2 Terrier SAM (80 RIM-2), 4x SPG-55 radars; + 2 x 2 - Standard SM-1MR SAM (80 RIM-66), SPS-43, SPG-55B radars, NTDS CCS

late 1970s, Harry E. Yarnell, Richmond K. Turner, Gridley, Halsey, Reeves; early 1980s, Leahy, Worden, Dale, England: - 2 x 2 - 76/50, 2x Mk 35 radars; + 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84A), LN-66 radar

late 1970s, Leahy, Worden, Dale, England; early 1980s, Harry E. Yarnell, Richmond K. Turner, Gridley, Halsey, Reeves: + 2 x 6 -20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2x Mk 90 radars

early 1980s, all: - 2 x 2 Standard SM-1MR SAM (80 RIM-66); + 2 x 2 Standard SM-2ER SAM (80 RIM-67), 4 x 1 - 12.7/90

1980s, Harry E. Yarnell: - SQS-23 sonar; + SQQ-23B PAIR sonar

1987, England; 1988, Leahy, Harry E. Yarnell, Dale; 1989, Worden, Richmond K. Turner: under NTU modernisation - SPS-37, SPS-39, SPS-43, SPS-10F, 4x SPG-55B radars, WLR-1, WLR-3 ECM suites, 2x Mk 28 decoy RL; + SPS-48A, SPS-49(v)3, SPS-67, 4x SPG-55C radars, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy launchers

1990, Gridley, Halsey: under NTU modernisation - SPS-37, SPS-39, SPS-43, SPS-10F, 4x SPG-55B radars, 2x Mk 28 decoy RL; + SPS-48A, SPS-49(v)3, SPS-67, 4x SPG-55C radars, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy launchers

1990, Reeves: under NTU modernisation - SPS-39, SPS-43, 4x SPG-55B radars, 2x Mk 28 decoy RL; + SPS-48A, 4x SPG-55C radars, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy launchers

Naval service

No significant events.