Military Product Description
This CG-20 USS Richmond K Turner Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.
USS RICHMOND K. TURNER was the fifth ship in the LEAHY - class of "double-end" guided missile cruisers.
USS RICHMOND K. TURNER was last homeported in Pascagoula, Miss., and on August 9, 1998, the cruiser was sunk as a target near Puerto Rico.
General Characteristics: Keel laid: January 9, 1961
Launched: April 6, 1963
Commissioned: June 13, 1964
Decommissioned: April 13, 1995
Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
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