USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)

USS Bainbridge (CGN-25)

USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) in September 1962.
History
United States
Name	Bainbridge
Namesake	William Bainbridge
Ordered	1 September 1958
Builder	Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	5 May 1959
Launched	15 April 1961
Sponsored by	Susan Bainbridge Goodale
Acquired	28 September 1962
Commissioned	6 October 1962
Decommissioned	13 September 1996
Stricken	13 September 1996
Motto	"Mobility Endurance Versatility"
Fate	Recycled 30 October 1999
Notes	Originally designated destroyer, re-designated Cruiser
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General characteristics
Class and type	Heavily modified nuclear version of the Leahy-class cruiser
Displacement	9100 tons
Length	565 ft (172 m)[1]
Beam	57.75 ft (17.60 m)[1]
Draft	29 ft (8.8 m) (maximum)[1]
Propulsion	60,000 shp; 2 G.E. Reactors (D2G), Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	Unlimited
Complement	556 (43 Officers, 513 enlisted)[2]
Sensors and processing systems	1 AN/SPS-10 surface search RADAR[3] AN/SPS-37 search RADAR[3] AN/SPS-52 3D air search RADAR[3] 4 AN/SPG-55 Terrier fire control RADAR[3][4] AN/SQS-26 SONAR[3]
Armament	2 RIM-2 Terrier Mk-10 twin armed launchers (80 missiles) -Later upgraded to carry SM-2 Standard, 2 × 3-inch/50 (later removed for Harpoon installation) MK 112 ASROC Launcher (8 missiles), 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes, 8 Harpoon SSM, -Later added 8 × BGM-109 Tomahawk in two armored box launchers, -Later added 2 × Phalanx CIWS

USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25/CGN-25) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy, the only ship of her class. Named in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge, she was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. With her original hull classification symbol of DLGN (nuclear-powered guided missile destroyer leader, called a "frigate" at the time), she was the first nuclear-powered destroyer-type ship in the US Navy, and shared her name with the lead ship of the first US Navy destroyer class, the Bainbridge-class destroyers.

Bainbridge was re-designated as a guided missile cruiser in 1975. She was commissioned in 1962, and served for over 30 years in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, and Middle East before being decommissioned in 1996.