CG-24 USS Reeves Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser

This CG-24 USS Reeves Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.

USS REEVES was the last ship in the LEAHY-class of guided missile cruisers and the second ship in the Navy named after Vice Admiral J. M. Reeves. Commissioned as a guided missile frigate, REEVES was reclassified as guided missile cruiser on June 30, 1975.

REEVES was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy Register on November 12, 1993, at Pearl Harbor. The ship was then berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Pearl Harbor, HI. On May 31, 2001, the REEVES was finally sunk as a target. General Characteristics: Keel laid: July 1, 1960 Launched: May 12, 1962 Commissioned: May 15, 1964 Decommissioned: November 12, 1993 Builder: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 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