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CLASS - TRUXTUN Displacement 8,200 Tons, Dimensions, 564' (oa) x 58' x 31' (Max) Armament 1 Terrier/ASROC, SAM/ASW (60 Missiles) 1 x 5"/54RF, 2 x 3"/50, 6 x12.75" TT. Machinery, 60,000 SHP; 2 G.E. Reactors (D2G), Geared Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 30+ Knots, Crew 475. Operational and Building Data Keel laid on 17 JUN 1963 at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, NJ Launched 19 DEC 1964 and Commissioned 27 MAY 1967 Decommissioned 11 SEP 1995 Stricken 11 SEP 1995 Fate: Disposed - Hulk recycling completed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 28 APR 1999 |
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137k | Launch Postal cover, 19 DEC1964. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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235k | Commissioning booklet, 27 MAY 1967. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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55k | Bows on view. | USN | |
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109k | Off Point Loma in San Diego, CA. Official USN Image. | USN | |
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103k | Starboard view. | USN | |
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84k | Starboard quarter. | USN | |
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114k | Port bow, Official USN Image. | USN | |
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71k | Port view, underway. | USN | |
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60k | Port quarter. | USN | |
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120K | Undated port bow view. | Robert Hirsh | |
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455k | Pacific Ocean…..The nuclear powered Guided Missile Frigate USS Truxtun (DLGN-35), June 1970. Naval Photographic Center - PH1 Blair. | EMC(SW) Brian Kroenung | |
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295k | Welcome Aboard booklet. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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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 | |
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44k | Port bow view from USS California (CGN-36) while underway in the Indian Ocean, April 1980. | Michael Boyd | |
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35k | Bow view from USS California (CGN-36) while underway in the Indian Ocean, April 1980. | Michael Boyd | |
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103k | Moored, starboard side to, NAS Alameda, March 1987. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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109k | Moored, starboard side to, NAS Alameda, March 1987. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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108k | Moored, starboard side to, NAS Alameda, March 1987. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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85k | Deactivation cermony, Bremerton Washington, 8 DEC 1994. | Dave Flomerfelt | |
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82k | Deactivation cermony, Bremerton Washington, 8 DEC 1994. | Dave Flomerfelt | |
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153k | Deactivation booklet, 8 DEC 1994. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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136k | Decommissioning booklet, 11 SEP 1995 | Robert M. Cieri | |
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835k | A photo of a painting which hung in the Wardroon of Truxtun. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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119k | Truxtun seen here undergoing "Recycling" at Bremerton Naval Shipyard. | USN | |
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