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USS HALSEY (DLG/CG-23)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Charlie - Xray - Foxtrot

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 26 AUG 1960 by San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, CA.
Launched 15 JAN 1962
Commissioned 20 JUL 1963
Reclassified CG-23 on 30 JUN 1975
Decommissioned 28 JAN 1994
Stricken 28 JAN 1994
Fate Sold for scrap. Scrapping completed 30 NOV 2003.

Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	282k	Fleet Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, namesake for the ship. National Archives Photo #80-G-416888	Robert M. Cieri
04012307	191k	Postal cover from Commissioning day, 20 JUL 1963.	Robert M. Cieri
	102k	Port view, Underway.	USN
04012310	34k	Firing an SM-1(ER) missile from ther forward Terrier launcher.	Robert Hurst
	281k	Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1973	Robert M. Cieri
04012308	43k	Starboard bow view while docked at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, January/February 1973. (Ensign and Jack are at half staff following the death of Harry S Truman on Dec 26, 1972, or following the death of Lyndon B. Johnson on Jan 22, 1973.)	John Clingman
	351k	Port bow view while performing a hard starboard turn, 1975.	Robert M. Cieri
	280k	Port bow view while underway, 19 SEP 1975.	Robert M. Cieri
04012309	75k	San Diego Naval Station during the 1980's. Shown from left to right; USS Truxtun (CG-35), USS Halsey (CG-23), and USS England (CG-22).	© David Buell
	358k	Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1983	Robert M. Cieri

USS HALSEY (DLG/CG-23) History
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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 Halsey DLG/CG-23 website.

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