U.S.S. Harry E. Yarnell
CG-17
1990
(Twelve Fifty TF-08D)
- Class: Leahy - 9 guided missile frigates of 1958-59
- Displacement: 5,670 tons standard, 7,800 tons full load
- Dimensions: 533' x 55' x 25'
- Machinery: De Laval steam turbines; 85,000 shp; 2 shafts
- Speed: 32 knots
- Missiles: 2 twin Mk 10 Mod 5/6 launchers for Terrier/Standard-ER SAM (80); 8 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM
- Guns: 2 Phalanx CIWS
- ASW weapons: 1 8-tube ASROC launcher Mk 16; 6-12.75" T.T. Mk 32 (2x3)
- Complement: 399-407
- Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
- Keel Laid: 31 May 1960
- Launched: 9 Dec 1961
- Commissioned: 2 Feb 1963
- Decommissioned: 20 Oct 1993
- Notes: Built as guided missile frigate DLG-17; re-designated cruiser CG-17 on 30 Jun 1975. Originally carried two twin 3"/50 mounts – these were replaced during a late 1970s AAW upgrade by Harpoon quad canisters and Phalanx CIWS.
These "doubled-ended" cruisers were the smallest vessels so classified. They introduced the "mack" combined mast and stack structure.
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