CG-23 USS Halsey Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser

This CG-23 USS Halsey Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.

USS HALSEY was the eighth ship in the LEAHY-class of guided missile cruisers and the first ship in the Navy named after Fleet Admiral Halsey. The commissioning ceremony of USS HALSEY even included a eulogy by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, on Fleet Admiral Halsey's illustrious career.

Commissioned as a guided missile frigate and later reclassified a guided missile cruiser on June 30, 1975, HALSEY was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy Register on January 28, 1994 at San Diego. Transferred March 7 the same year to the Maritime Administration, she was laid up at the Suisun Bay, CA. reserve to await final disposal. HALSEY was sold to International Shipbreaking Corp., Brownsville, Tx., for scrapping. General Characteristics: Keel laid: August 26, 1960 Launched: January 15, 1962 Commissioned: July 20, 1963 Decommissioned: January 28, 1994 Builder: San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Ca. 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