Leahy Class
1962–1995
Nine double-ended guided missile cruisers . Terrier launchers fore and aft, no main gun battery. A radical departure from every cruiser before them. Originally designated DLG (destroyer leaders), reclassified as cruisers in 1975. Backbone of the Cold War carrier AA screen.
CG-16 USS Leahy
Leahy
Class
Lead ship of the first double-ended guided missile cruiser class . Terrier launchers fore and aft, no main gun battery. The Navy's first purpose-built AAW cruiser. Cold War Atlantic and Pacific carrier escort operations.
CG-17 USS Harry E. Yarnell
Leahy
Class
Named for Admiral Harry Yarnell, who proved carrier aviation's offensive potential in the 1932 Fleet Problem exercises . simulating a successful attack on Pearl Harbor nine years before Japan did it for real. Nobody listened in time.
CG-18 USS Worden
Leahy
Class
Named for Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden, first captain of USS Monitor. Accidentally struck by a friendly AGM-45 Shrike anti-radiation missile off Vietnam, 1972 . survived the hit. Cold War fleet escort.
CG-19 USS Dale
Leahy
Class
Named for Commodore Richard Dale, first lieutenant aboard Bonhomme Richard when John Paul Jones fought Serapis in 1779. Cold War AAW escort for carrier battle groups across the Atlantic and Pacific.
CG-20 USS Richmond K. Turner
Leahy
Class
Named for Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, architect of the Pacific amphibious campaign . he planned and executed more opposed landings than any commander in history, from Guadalcanal to Okinawa.
CG-21 USS Gridley
Leahy
Class
Named for Captain Charles V. Gridley, recipient of Commodore Dewey's order at Manila Bay: 'You may fire when you are ready, Gridley.' Cold War carrier screen duty.
CG-22 USS England
Leahy
Class
Named for Ensign John C. England, killed at Pearl Harbor. Cold War Atlantic and Pacific fleet escort operations.
CG-23 USS Halsey
Leahy
Class
Named for Fleet Admiral William 'Bull' Halsey, who drove the Third Fleet across the Pacific. Cold War fleet operations. Decommissioned 1994 with the rest of the class.
CG-24 USS Reeves
Leahy
Class
Named for Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves, 'Father of Carrier Aviation,' who pioneered carrier task force doctrine in the 1920s and '30s. Forward deployed to Yokosuka during the Cold War.
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Ships Built
1962–1995
Class Service Years