USS Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17)
The USS Harry E. Yarnell ( DLG-17/CG-17 ) was a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy and was a member of the Leahy - class
History
The Yarnell was born in 1960 at Bath Iron Works laid the keel and left there in late 1961 from the stack. In February 1963, the ship in the Navy was put into service.
During their test drives the Yarnell was diverted on April 10, 1963 to participate in the search for the missing submarine USS Thresher (SSN -593 ). The cruiser was some debris and oil traces of the sunken submarine. The rest of the year spent Yarnell with further testing. In September 1964, she participated in anti-submarine exercises of NATO in part on the European side of the Atlantic and sailed the Mediterranean. 1966 was operating the ship in the Black Sea, then in U.S. waters. In early 1967, the third installation in European waters.
Following the air defense systems of the cruiser were modernized, and later the rest of the weapons systems.
The Yarnell was decommissioned in 1993 and later canceled.
USS Leahy | USS Harry E. Yarnell | USS Worden | USS Dale | USS Richmond K. Turner | USS Gridley | USS England | USS Halsey | USS Reeves
List of cruisers of the United States Navy List of cruiser classes of the United States Navy
- Leahy - class