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USS FOX (DLG/CG-33)


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


Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski
CLASS - BELKNAP
Displacement 5,340 Tons, Dimensions, 547' (oa) x 54' 10" x 29' (Max)
Armament 1 Terrier/ASROC (60 Missiles) 1 x 5"/54RF, 2 x 3"/50, 6 x12.75" TT.
Machinery, 85,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 400.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 29 JUL 1963 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
Launched 19 DEC 1964
Commissioned 09 JUL 1966
Reclassified CG-32 on 30 JUN 1975
Decommissioned 11 FEB 1994
Stricken 11 FEB 1994
Fate Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX

Patch image contributed by Robert M. Cieri

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Fox
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54k

USS Fox namesake, Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln from 1861 - 1866.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 61175.

Robert M. Cieri
Fox
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485k

Commissioning booklet, 28 MAY 1966.

Robert M. Cieri
Fox 116k

Undated port side view.

U.S. Navy photo.

Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
Fox
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255k Underway in Long Beach, 06 JUN 1966, Robert M. Cieri
Sacramento
09590157
75k USS Sacramento (AOE-1) with USS Fox (DLG-33) coming alongside while underway in the South China Sea in 1970. Photo taken from USS Bausell (DD-845). Lee Noland STGC USN Ret. USS Bausell
Fox
04013313
100k USS Fox (DLG-33) Operating in the Pacific Ocean, 12 April 1971. Photographed by PH2 L.D. Adzima.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Naval Historical Center Photo #NH 98452

Robert Hurst
Fox 42k

June 1, 1980 - San Diago, CA: Vice Premier Gen Biao, People`s Republic of China, and part of his delegates are given a tour of the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG-33). The missile in the background is a Terrier/Standard-ER SAM (60).

U.S. Navy Photo.

Fred Weiss
Fox 39k Early 1980's. Heavy seas in the Indian Ocean while refuling from the USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3). HS1 Steve Martin, USCG (Ret.)
Fox 121k Columbia River, Enroute Portland, 1981. Great photo. James H. Hopper III
CDR. USN-RET
Fox
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286k Welcome Aboard booklet, Circa 1983. Robert M. Cieri
Fox 111k Seen her from the Port bow in on 10 SEPT 1987 (caption updated by Robert Hirst). USN
Fox
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113k USS Fox (CG-33) underway in the Pacific Ocean, 16 December 1988. Photographed by PH3 John Cross.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

USNHC Photograph #NH 98453-KN

Robert Hurst
Fox
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194k Port bow view while undergoing overhaul in San Diego Bay, 1990. David Buell
Fox 110k

June 1, 1993 - Pacific Ocean: A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG-33) as the ship passes down the port side of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). An S-3B Viking aircraft of Antisubmarine Squadron 29 (VS-29) awaits launching on the carrier`s number 3 catapult.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Fred Weiss
Fox 62k

June 1, 1993 - Pacific Ocean: A starboard side view of the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG-33) underway during a gunnery drill. The ship`s Mark 42 5 inch/54 caliber aft gunmount is shown firing to the port side.

U.S. Navy Photo .

Fred Weiss
Fox 167k

June 1, 1993 - Pacific Ocean: A high oblique bow-on view of WestPac `93 Battle Group Foxtrot underway. (Left to right). The guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG-61), the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Pasadena (SSN-752), the nuclear-powered aircraft USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), and the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG-33).

U.S. Navy Photo.

Fred Weiss
Fox
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226k Decommissioning booklet, 15 APR 1994. Robert M. Cieri

USS FOX (DLG/CG-33) 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 Fox Reunion Association
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