USS Worden (CG-18)

USS Worden
History
United States
Name	Worden
Namesake	John Lorimer Worden
Ordered	7 November 1958
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	19 September 1961
Launched	2 June 1962
Sponsored by	Mrs. William R. Smedberg III
Acquired	8 January 1971
Commissioned	3 August 1963
Decommissioned	1 October 1993
Reclassified	CG-18 on 30 June 1975
Stricken	1 October 1993
Motto	ID FIAT WORDEN SI
Fate	Sunk as target 17 June 2000 22° 57.1'N 160° 0.2'W
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General characteristics
Class and type	Leahy-class cruiser
Displacement	7,903 tons
Length	533 ft (162 m)
Beam	53 ft (16 m)
Draft	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Speed	34 kts
Complement	400 officers and enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air search radar AN/SPS-48 air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SPG-55 fire control radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament	2 × Mark 10 RIM-2 Terrier SAM 1 × ASROC ASW system 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber gun (replaced by Harpoon missiles during 1980s) 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS

The fourth USS Worden (DLG/CG-18), a Leahy-class cruiser, was a ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Admiral John L. Worden. Originally called a "destroyer leader" or frigate, in 1975 she was redesignated a cruiser in the Navy's ship reclassification. The ship entered service in 1963 and participated in the Vietnam War.