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USS WORDEN (DLG/CG-18)

       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Quebec - Romeo - Alpha


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 19 SEP 1960 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, ME
Launched 02 JUN 1962
Commissioned 03 AUG 1963
Reclassified CG-18 30 JUN 1975
Decommissioned 01 OCT 1993
Stricken 01 OCT 1993
Fate: Sunk as target 17 JUN 2000
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Worden
04011800		 114k Rear Admiral John L. Worden, USN, namesake of USS Worden, photographed in full dress uniform by F.M. Zuller, Richfield Springs, New York, and the U.S. Naval Academy, April 1873. Note his very fancy sword.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH101.

 Robert M. Cieri
Worden 32k Nice view from the Port bow underway. USN
Worden 135k

Undated port side view

U.S. Navy photo

Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
Worden
04011815		 258k

Starboard bow view while underway, date and location unknown.

U.S. Navy photo.

 Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
Worden
04011811		 111k Port bow view, early 1960's. Note the single SPG-55B Fire Control Radars forward and aft. This was not as designed. Robert M. Cieri
Worden
04011812		 87k Portside view, early 1960's. Note the single SPG-55B Fire Control Radars forward and aft. This was not as designed. Robert M. Cieri
Worden
04011813		 91k Artistic view while underway. Robert M. Cieri
Worden
04011809		 100k Starboard bow view while on her shakedown cruise, 10 OCT 1963. Note the single SPG-55B Fire Control Radars forward and aft. This was not as designed. For some reason she was commissioned without the other two radars. They were added sometime after commissioning. Robert M. Cieri
Worden
04011816		 39k Starboard side view taken from USS Bausell (DD-845) during the trip back to san Diego from WestPac 66 in early July 1966. Larry Backus
Worden 94k Port bow view off Bath, Maine, 08 DEC 1970. Ken Deshaies
Worden 80k Arriving at Guantanemo Bay Cuba, February 19, 1971. © Richard Leonhardt
Worden
04011810		 108k Starboard bow view while underway in the Western Pacific, 25 JAN 1979 Robert M. Cieri
Worden
04011814		 276k Moored starboard side to Subic Bay Repair Facility, Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines. Photo is attributed to FLTAVCENPAC CUBI PT taken by D.R. Sanner circa 1980. Bob Gregory
Worden
04011808		 99k Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1982. Robert M. Cieri
Worden 109k Dec. 11, 1990 - A starboard view of the guided missile cruiser USS Worden (CG-18) underway during Operation Desert Shield. U.S.Navy Photo. Fred Weiss
Worden 115k Dec. 11, 1990 - A starboard view of the guided missile cruiser USS Worden (CG-18) underway during Operation Desert Shield. U.S.Navy Photo. Fred Weiss
Worden 69k June 1, 1991 The guided missile cruiser USS Worden (CG-18) approaches the entrance to the Pearl Harbor channel as an airliner departing Honolulu International Airport passes overhead. U.S.Navy Photo. Fred Weiss
Several Worden construction photos can be found on the Harry E. Yarnell Photo Page,
Worden was along side Harry E. as both were fitting out.
USS WORDEN (DLG/CG-18) History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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