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USS RICHMOND K. TURNER (DLG/CG-20)

       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Romeo - Kilo - Tango


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 09 JAN 1961 by New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden, NJ
Launched 06 APR 1963
Commissioned 13 JUN 1964
Reclassified CG-20 on 30 JUN 1975
Decommissioned 31 MAR 1995
Stricken 31 MAR 1995
Fate Sunk as target 09 AUG 1998.
Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski
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Richmond K Turner
04012000		 306k

ADM (RADM in this photo) Richmond Kelly Turner (ship's namesake) on the bridge of USS Rocky Mount AGC-3 enroute to Kwajalein, January 1944.

National Archives photo #80-G-227738.

 Robert M. Cieri
Richmond K Turner 04012008 471k Commissioning booklet, 13 June 1964. Robert M. Cieri
Richmond K Turner 84k Undated, Port view. USN
Richmond K Turner 108k Undated, Starboard view. USN
Richmond K Turner 160k

Undated port bow view.

U.S. Navy Photo.

 Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
Richmond K Turner
04012009		 549k

Starboard side view, underway off Cape Henry, Virginia 13 May 1975. Photo taken by PH2 Friedman.

US Navy Photo #K-107527

 Robert M. Cieri
Richmond K Turner 67k In the North Atlantic, refuling from the USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6), October 1975. Richard Leonhardt
Richmond K Turner 67k Med-moored at Barcelona, Spain, on July 11, 1979, alongside the Farragut-class guided missile destroyer USS King (DDG-41). Though they looked quite different, both were built as guided missile "frigates" (DLG) -- the Leahys being, in fact, the immediate successors to the Farraguts. On June 30, 1975, the Leahys were reclassified as "cruisers", while the Farraguts became "destroyers". Note Richmond K. Turner was fitted with Harpoon launchers aft, replacing 3"/50 twin gun mounts. Fabio Peņa
Richmond K Turner 79k The forward superstructure had an impressive appearance. This photo (taken at Barcelona, Spain, on Nov. 29, 1980) shows the ASROC launcher, the forward pair of SPG-55B missile guidance radars (one of them partially hidden by a SATCOM antenna), the SPS-48 3D radar, and a set of ESM/ECM antennas, some of them covered under radomes, some uncovered, and some cantilevered out from the ship's structure. Fabio Peņa
Richmond K Turner 76k This view (Nov. 29, 1980) shows the aft missile launcher and missile guidance radars. Note the TACAN and 2D air search radar on the after "mack", and a quad Harpoon canister in place of a twin 3"/50 gun mount. Phalanx had not yet been installed. Fabio Peņa
Richmond K Turner
04012010		 36k Starboard bow view while underway on 27 September 1981, location unknown. Robert Hurst
USS RICHMOND K. TURNER (DLG/CG-20) History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Phil Habib
Address: 117 Elaine St., Goose Creek, SC 29445-3171
Phone: 843-569-0981
E-mail: phil@rkturner.net
Date: 2007, possibly October
Location: Branson, MO

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Richmond K. Turner website
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