CG-16 USS Leahy Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser

This CG-16 USS Leahy Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.

USS LEAHY was the lead ship of the LEAHY-class of guided missile cruisers and the first ship in the Navy named after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy.

Stricken from the Navy list on October 1, 1993, LEAHY was subsequently laid up at Benecia, CA, as part of the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. LEAHY was later sold to International Shipbreaking Corp., Brownsville, Tx., for scrapping. General Characteristics: Awarded: November 7, 1958 Keel laid: December 3, 1959 Launched: July 1, 1961 Commissioned: August 4, 1962 Decommissioned: October 1, 1993 Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine 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