Military Product Description
This CG-33 USS Fox Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.
USS FOX was the eighth ship in the BELKNAP-class of guided missile cruisers. Decommissioned on April 15, 1994, after almost 28 nyears of service, the ship spent the following years laid-up at Suisun Bay, Benecia, California, as part of the Reserve Fleet. In 2006, the FOX was towed to Brownsville, Tx., for scrapping. USS FOX was last homeported in San Diego, Ca.
General Characteristics: Awarded: January 16, 1962
Keel laid: January 15, 1963
Launched: November 21, 1964
Commissioned: May 8, 1966
Decommissioned: April 15, 1994
Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, Ca.
Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 General Electric geared turbines
Propellers: two
Length: 548 feet (167 meters)
Beam: 55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft: 28,5 feet (8.7 meters)
Displacement: approx. 8,100 tons
Speed: 30+ knots
Aircraft: one SH-2F (LAMPS 1) helicopter
Armament: two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, one Mk-10 missile launcher for Standard missiles (ER) and ASROC, Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts
Crew: 27 officers and 450 enlisted