CG-21 USS Gridley Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser

This CG-21 USS Gridley Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.

USS GRIDLEY was the sixth ship in the LEAHY-class of guided missile cruisers and the third ship in the Navy named after Capt. Gridley. Commissioned as a guided missile frigate and later reclassified as a guided missile cruiser on June 30, 1975, GRIDLEY was decommissioned, stricken from the Navy Register on January 21, 1994 and transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay-up at the Suisun Bay, California. GRIDLEY was sold to International Shipbreaking Corp., Brownsville, Tx., for scrapping. General Characteristics: Keel laid: July 15, 1960 Launched: July 31, 1961 Commissioned: May 25, 1963 Decommissioned: January 21, 1994 Builder: Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, Seattle, Wash. Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 General Electric geared turbines Propellers: two Length: 535 feet (163 meters) Beam: 53 feet (16.1 meters) Draft: 26 feet (7.9 meters) Displacement: approx. 7,800 tons Speed: 30+ knots Aircraft: none Armament: two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, two Mk-10 missile launchers for Standard missiles (ER), Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts, one Mk 16 ASROC missile launcher Crew: 27 officers and 413 enlisted