Military Product Description
This CG-31 USS Sterett Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.
USS STERETT was the sixth ship in the BELKNAP-class of guided missile cruisers. Decommissioned on March 24, 1994, the STERETT spent the following years berthed at Suisun Bay, Benecia, California, as part of the Reserve Fleet until sold to International Shipbreaking Corp., Brownsville, Tx., for scrapping.
USS STERETT was last homeported in Subic Bay, Philippines, and was the third ship in the Navy to bear the name.
General Characteristics: Awarded: September 20, 1961
Keel laid: September 25, 1962
Launched: June 30, 1964
Commissioned: April 8, 1967
Decommissioned: March 24, 1994
Builder: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.
Propulsion system:4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 General Electric geared turbines
Propellers: two
Length: 548 feet (167 meters)
Beam: 55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft: 28,5 feet (8.7 meters)
Displacement: approx. 8,100 tons
Speed: 30+ knots
Aircraft: one SH-2F (LAMPS 1) helicopter
Armament: two Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers, one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, one Mk-10 missile launcher for Standard missiles (ER) and ASROC, Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts
Crew: 27 officers and 450 enlisted