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USS Leahy

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Construction startedDecember 3, 1959
LaunchedJuly 1, 1961
Length162 m
Builder Bath Iron Works
Commissioned4 August 1962
ReclassifiedCG-16 on 1 July 1975
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Date of Upd.
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About USS Leahy


USS Leahy was the lead ship of a new class of destroyer leaders in the United States Navy. Named for Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, she was commissioned on 4 August 1962 as DLG-16, a guided missile frigate, and reclassified as CG-16, a guided missile cruiser, on 30 June 1975.

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