&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Biddle_(DLG-34)_underway_at_sea.jpg) USS Biddle (DLG-34/CG-34)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Biddle |
| Namesake | Nicholas Biddle |
| Ordered | 16 January 1962 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 9 December 1963 |
| Launched | 2 July 1965 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. William H. Bates |
| Acquired | 10 January 1967 |
| Commissioned | 21 January 1967 |
| Decommissioned | 30 November 1993 |
| Reclassified | 30 June 1975 as CG-34 |
| Stricken | 30 November 1993 |
| Homeport | NS Norfolk, Virginia (former) |
| Motto | Deus Clypeus Meus |
| Fate | Sold for scrap. Scrapping completed 2 January 2002 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Belknap-class guided missile cruiser |
| Displacement | 7,930 tons (full load) |
| Length | 547 ft (167 m) |
| Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Draught | 31 ft (9.4 m) (maximum navigational) |
| Propulsion | 4 – 1,200 psi (8,300 kPa) boilers; 2 geared turbines, 2 shafts; 85,000 shp (63,000 kW) |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Complement | 477 (27 officers, 450 enlisted) |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament | one Mark 42 five-inch / 54-caliber gun, two 3"/50 caliber guns, one Mark 10 Mod 7 Missile System Terrier missile / SM-2ER/ASROC launcher, six 15.5-inch torpedo tubes, Harpoon missiles, Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried | 1 x SH-2F Seasprite (LAMPS) |
USS Biddle (DLG-34/CG-34) was a Belknap-class guided missile frigate/cruiser of the United States Navy. She saw action in Vietnam, where she is believed to be the last ship to down an enemy aircraft with hand-loaded guns. She was involved in the Gulf of Sidra incident in 1981. The cruiser was decommissioned on 30 November 1993 and sold for scrap on 4 December 2000.