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USS GRIDLEY (DLG/CG-21)

       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Hotel - Bravo - Juliet


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 15 JUL 1960 by Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, Seattle, WA
Launched 31 JUL 1961
Commissioned 25 MAY 1963
Decommissioned 10 SEP 1968
Commissioned 17 JAN 1970
Reclassified CG-21 on 30 JUN 1975
Decommissioned 21 JAN 1994
Stricken 21 JAN 1994
Fate Sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, TX. Scrapping Status unknown.
Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski
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Gridley
04012110		 157k Starboard bow view while underway during Sea Trials by the Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, 19 March 1963. Robert M. Cieri
Gridley
04012111		 148k Starboard quarter view while underway during Sea Trials by the Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, 19 March 1963. Robert M. Cieri
Gridley
04012112		 124k Bow view while underway during Sea Trials by the Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Company, 19 March 1963. Robert M. Cieri
Gridley
04012108		 65k Postal Cover - Commissioning Day, 25 MAY 1963 Robert M. Cieri
Gridley 110k Port view. USN
Gridley 85k San Francisco Bay, Calif. Robert Eckman
Gridley 69k Underway, Starboard view. Official USN Image. Les Urban
Gridley
04012114		 146k Undated photo of Gridley firing an ASROC. Robert Hall
Gridley 69k Starboard side view, underway during Sea trials. March 1963. Photo taken by Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock Company. Lou Chirillo
Gridley
04012107		 81k Port bow view off Oahu, HI, April 1964. Robert M. Cieri
Gridley
04012109		 137k Starboard side view while in the channel entrance to Pearl Harbor, HI, April 1964. Robert M. Cieri
Gridley
04012106		 78k Starboard bow view while underway, off Bath, ME, 23 JAN 1970. Robert M. Cieri
Gridley
04012105		 33k Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1983. Robert M. Cieri
Leahy 174k USS Gridley (CG-21) (left) and USS England (CG-22) (right) undergoing dismantlement at International Shipbreaking Limited on 27 APR 2004. Scott Kowerduck
Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Final Rank Dates
Lilly Jr., Percy Anthony, CAPT   05/25/63 - 07/64
Loomis, William Ray, CAPT   07/64 - 07/65
Sackett, Albert Monroe, CAPT RADM 07/65 - 08/66
Slifer, Allen Wayne, CAPT   08/66 - 03/05/68
Harper Jr., Wyatt E., CAPT   03/05/68 - 09/10/68
Decommissioned   09/10/68 - 01/17/70
Thorson, Robert Leroy, CAPT   01/17/71 - 05/10/71
Reiher, Eugene Joseph, CAPT   05/10/71 - 04/07/73
Frudden, Mark Perrin, CAPT RADM 04/07/73 - 03/23/75
Streightiff, Charles William, CAPT   03/23/75 - 08/25/77
Stouffer II, John Willoughby, CAPT   08/25/77 - 12/04/79
McGrath, James Joseph, CAPT   12/0479 - 01/20/82
Reimann, Robert T., CAPT RADM 01/20/82 - 12/31/84
Metzler Jr., Charles Paul, CAPT   12/31/84 - 01/14/87
Hess, Donald R., CAPT   01/14/87 - 04/29/89
Scott, Norman S., CAPT   04/29/89 - 04/27/91
Wacaser III, Anderson W., CAPT   04/27/91 - 02/12/93
Gelenter, David Alan, CDR   02/11/93 - 01/21/94

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)

USS GRIDLEY (DLG/CG-21) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: J. Moreles
Address:
Phone:
E-mail: jmoralesussgridley@hotmail.com
Date: July 15-17, 2006
Location: Seattle, WA

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.
USS Gridley DLG/CG-21 website.
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