Military Product Description
This CGN-35 USS Truxtun Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.
USS TRUXTUN was the first and only ship in the TRUXTUN class and the fourth nuclear powered surface vessel commissioned by the Navy.
TRUXTUN made history in 1971 by becoming the first nuclear powered surface ship to visit Yokosuka, Japan.
The ship was homeported in San Diego, CA.
General Characteristics: Keel laid: June 17, 1963
Launched: December 19, 1964
Christened: December 19, 1964
Commissioned: May 27, 1967
Decommissioned: September 11, 1995
Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ
Propulsion system: two D2G General Electric nuclear reactors
Propellers: two
Length: 564 feet (172 meters)
Beam: 57,7 feet (17.6 meters)
Draft: 30,8 feet (9.4 meters)
Displacement: approx. 9,150 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Aircraft: one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS) helicopter
Armament: two Mk-141 Harpoon missile launchers, Mk-46 torpedoes, one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight gun, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, four machine guns, one Mk-10 Mod. 7 missile launcher for Standard missiles (ER) and ASROC
Crew: 41 officers, 467 enlisted