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    • CG-34 USS Biddle

    US US Navy




    1967 to 1993    



    CG-34 USS Biddle

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    Call Sign: NMYE
    Shipyard: Bath Iron Works
    See Also: DDG Charles F. Adams class DDG-5


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    History of US CG-34 USS Biddle

    1963-dec-9Laid down
    1965-jul-2Launched
    1967-jan-21Commissionedas DLG-34
    1975-jun-30reclassified as CG-34
    1987Refitair 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-30Decommissioned
    2000-dec-4Fate: scrappedMetro Marine Corporation, Philadelphia

    Specifications

    		    

        from Belknap class
    477crew
    7900full load (tn)
    167length (m)
    17beam (m)
    8.80draught (m)
    32max speed (knots)
    4Naval Engine boilers
    2Naval Engine steam turbines
    1Missile Launcher Mk 10 Terrier
    1Naval Gun Mark 42 5/54 inch (127mm)

    Aircraft

    		    

        Typical Max
    US US Navy Gyrodyne DSN / QH-50 DASH 01
    US US Navy Kaman Seasprite 11

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    Builder

    		    

    US Bath Iron Works,



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