USS William H. Standley (CG-32)

The USS William H. Standley ( DLG-32/CG-32 ) was a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy and was a member of the Belknap class. It was named after Admiral William Harrison Standley, the Chief of Naval Operations and later was U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union.

History

The DLG - 32 was given in 1962 at Bath Iron Works in order and mid-1963 placed there on Kiel. The end of 1964, the ship ran out of stack and was put into service after final finishing and first sea trials on July 9, 1966.

In the first years of their service life Standley drove off the coast of Vietnam, where they took part in the Vietnam War. Overall, the crew won five battle stars during this time. Starting in 1972, followed by operations in the Atlantic Fleet, including in the Mediterranean. In 1975, the reclassification of the ship, from DLG ( destroyer leader ) to CG ( cruiser ).

As of June 1990, Standley was over a year in the yard, where she received a New Thread upgrade, essentially an improvement of electronics and armament. Due to the end of the Cold War, the cruiser was, however, already been three and a half years after the Ausdockung out of service. By 2005 she was in the Suisun Bay, San Francisco, where she was part of the local reserve fleet. On 25 June of the year it was finally, together with the Spruance destroyer USS Elliot (DD -967 ) sunk into an exercise. The two ships now form artificial reefs in the Coral Sea, about 100 miles east of Fraser Iceland, Australia.