USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Richmond K. Turner |
Namesake | Richmond K. Turner |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey |
Laid down | 9 January 1961 |
Launched | 6 April 1963 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Claude V. Ricketts |
Commissioned | 13 June 1964 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1995 |
Reclassified | CG-20 on 30 June 1975 |
Stricken | 31 March 1995 |
Fate | Sunk as target 9 August 1998 near Puerto Rico |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leahy-class cruiser |
Displacement | 7,630 tonnage (full load) |
Length | 533 ft (162 m) |
Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft; De Laval gear turbines; 4 Foster & Wheeler D Type 1,200 psi (8,300 kPa) boilers; 85,000 shp (63,000 kW) |
Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 20 knots (20 mph; 40 km/h) |
Complement | 37 officers and 408 enlisted |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
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USS Richmond K. Turner (DLG-20 / CG-20) was a Leahy-class cruiser destroyer leader in the United States Navy. The ship was named for Admiral Richmond K. Turner, who served during World War II.
The keel of Richmond K. Turner was laid on 9 January 1961 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey. She was one of nine Leahy-class "double-ended" guided missile destroyers. The vessel was launched 6 April 1963; sponsored by Mrs. Claude V. Ricketts; and commissioned 13 June 1964.[1]