USS Harry E. Yarnell

USS Harry E. Yarnell in 1967
History
United States
Name	Harry E. Yarnell
Namesake	Harry E. Yarnell
Ordered	11 July 1958
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	31 May 1960
Launched	9 December 1961
Sponsored by	Mrs. Philip Yarnell
Acquired	25 January 1963
Commissioned	2 February 1963
Decommissioned	20 October 1993
Reclassified	CG-17 on 30 June 1975 Ship refresher training Guantanamo Ship Port Au Prince Haiti Ship Med Cruise / Black Sea/Constanta, Romania
Stricken	29 October 1993
Fate	Sold for scrap. Scrapping completed 17 April 2002
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General characteristics
Class and type	Leahy class cruiser
Displacement	7,800 tons full load
Length	547 ft (167 m)
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draft	25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbines, 4 1200 psi boilers, 85,000 hp, 2 shafts
Speed	30+ knots
Complement	395
Armament	2 Mk 10 Missile Systems [Mod 5 fwd][Mod 6 aft] Terrier (80 missiles total), 1 ASROC, 2 dual 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns, 6 12.75 in. torpedo tubes

USS Harry E. Yarnell (DLG/CG-17) was a Leahy-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Named in honor of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell,, she was originally classified as a "destroyer leader" or frigate, in 1975 she was redesignated a cruiser in the Navy's ship reclassification. She was the second of the "double-end" Leahy-class guided missile frigates to join the fleet.