USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20)
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| Ordered: | |
| Keel laying: | January 9, 1961 |
| Launch: | April 6, 1963 |
| Commissioning: | June 13, 1964 |
| Decommissioning: | March 31, 1995 |
| Fate: | sunk as an exercise target |
| Technical specifications | |
| Displacement: | 8,281 tons |
| Length: | 162.5 meters |
| Width: | 16.8 meters |
| Draft: | 7.9 meters |
| Drive: | two steam turbines, 85,000 hp, two screws |
| Crew: | Officers 37, men 408 |
The USS Richmond K. Turner (DLG-20 / CG-20) was a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy and was one Leahy class at. It was named after Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner .
history
The Turner was laid down at New York Shipbuilding in 1961 and was launched on April 6, 1963 after a construction period of a good two years. The official commissioning with the Navy took place on June 13, 1964.
Less than a year later, the gymnast began their first assignment , who was stationed in San Diego . In the South China Sea , it operated as a shelter for the carriers USS Coral Sea (CV-43) , USS Independence (CV-62) and USS Oriskany (CV-34) . The next mission in September 1965 finally allowed the ship to participate directly in the Vietnam War when she carried out Combat Search and Rescue operations in the Gulf of Tonkin . Further operations in the waters followed until 1970.
In 1971 the Turner docked at Bath Iron Works and was in the shipyard for an overhaul until May 1972. Test drives were then carried out and, in the next year, mainly exercises. In 1978 the cruiser operated mainly in Central America, partly off the waters of Nicaragua . In July 1979, the Turner was in the Great Syrte , where she was the first Navy ship to fire an AGM-84 Harpoon , destroying a Libyan ship.
In 1980, the Turner docked in the Charleston Naval Shipyard for another overhaul , which lasted until the end of 1982.
From 1988 the Turner sailed the Persian Gulf where she took part in Operation Earnest Will . Operations later followed as part of Operation Desert Storm , where the cruiser was part of the combat group around the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) , but also offered air protection to other carriers during the course of the conflict. After the armistice, Turner enforced the sanctions against Iraq by means of ship searches in the Red Sea. She later took part in Operation Provide Comfort .
The last time the Turner was deployed as part of Operation Deny Flight , when she was deployed off the coast of Bosnia. On March 31, 1995, the Richmond K. Turner was finally decommissioned. Three and a half years later, the hull of the ship was towed into the waters of Puerto Rico to be sunk as a training target. The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) with its Carrier Air Wing 3, the USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) , USS Thorn (DD-988) and USS Nicholson (DD-982) were involved .
Web links
- Side former crew members (Engl.)
- DANFS entry (Engl.)