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USS HARRY E. YARNELL (DLG/CG-17)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Hotel - Echo - Yankee

Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

CLASS - LEAHY
Displacement 5,600 Tons, Dimensions, 533' (oa) x 53' 6" x 25' 3" (Max)
Armament 2 Terrier 2x2, (80 Missiles) 4 x 3"/50, ASROC (8 Missiles) 6 x12.75" TT.
Machinery, 85,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 377.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 31 MAY 1960 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
Launched 09 DEC 1961
Commissioned 02 FEB 1963
Reclassified CG-27 on 30 JUN 1975
Decommissioned 29 DEC 1993
Stricken 29 DEC 1993
Fate Sold for scrap. Scrapping completed 17 APR 2002.

Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	107k	Launch Photo December 9 1961.	Official © Bath Iron Works Image.
	130k	Pre-Launch image, December 6 1961.	Official © Bath Iron Works Image.
	170k	Nearing completion of her fitting out January 2 1963. USS Worden (DLG-18) Moored alongside	Official © Bath Iron Works Image.
	142k	Nearing completion of her fitting out January 2 1963. USS Worden (DLG-18) Moored alongside.	Official © Bath Iron Works Image.
	22k	Underway, Starboard view.	USN
	85k	Moored along side pier.	USN
	169k	Undated starboard bow view. U.S. Navy photo.	Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
04011714	73k	Port bow view while underway in 1964, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	83k	Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, August 1964.	© Richard Leonhardt.
	98k	During her 18 month 1968 -69 overhaul. March 1968	Official © Bath Iron Works Image.
	147k	Post 68 -69 overhaul sea trials.	Official © Bath Iron Works Image.
04011710	110k	Starboard side view. Official U.S. Navy photo.	Robert M. Cieri
0597418	125k	1 February 1986 - The guided-missile cruiser USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG 17) and the destroyer USS Comte De Grasse (DD 974) moored at the destroyer and submarine piers, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia. U.S. Navy Photo #DN-ST-88-09171 by PH2 Chris Holmes.	Robert M. Cieri
04011716		Starboard bow view of the Yarnell moored in Baltimore harbor, 1988.	Larry Backus
04011717		Starboard quarter view of the Yarnell moored in Baltimore harbor, 1988.	Larry Backus
04011718		Stern view of the Yarnell moored in Baltimore harbor, 1988.	Larry Backus
04011715	889k	USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17) off Barcelona,Spain, circa 1989.	Omar Rubido
04011719	153k	21 JUL 1989 -- Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk, VA: Officers and crewmen man the rails aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17) as they wait for the arrival of three Soviet navy ships. Behind them is a Mark 10 twin missile launcher fitted with two RIM-67B Standard SM-2 ER surface-to-air missiles. Photo taken by JOSA Greg Your. U.S. Navy Photo #DN-SN-90-05380	Bill Gonyo
04011712	62k	Welcome aboard booklet, circa 1993.	Robert M. Cieri
04011713	60k	Change of Command booklet, 15 APR 1993.	Robert M. Cieri

USS HARRY E. YARNELL (DLG/CG-17) History
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Supplemental History Page: Gdynia, Poland visit, 27 June 1990

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.

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