Belknap class - CG - Guided-Missile Cruiser IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NMYE Shipyard: Bath Iron Works See Also: DDG Charles F. Adams class DDG-5 Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate: scrappedRefit History of USS Biddle CG-34 1963-dec-09Laid downLaid down 1965-jul-02LaunchedLaunched 1967-jan-21CommissionedCommissioned as DLG-34 1975-jun-30 reclassified as CG-34 1987RefitRefit air search radar ITT Gilfillan AN/SPS-48E early 1987 refit as first of the NTU upgrades to the AN/SPS-48 long range, 3D air search and targetting radar 1990 with a seasprite onboard during Operation Desert Shield 1993-nov-30DecommissionedDecommissioned 2000-dec-04Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped Metro Marine Corporation, Philadelphia Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Belknap class 477crew 7900full load (tn) 167length (m) 17beam (m) 8.80draught (m) 32max speed (knots) 4Naval Engine boilers2Naval Engine steam turbines 1Missile Launcher Mk 10 Terrier 1Naval Gun Mark 42 5/54 inch (127mm) Aircraft Typical Max US Navy Gyrodyne DSN / QH-50 DASH 01 US Navy Kaman Seasprite 11 Builder Bath Iron Works,