October 1992. The Istanbul. Photo from the archives of A. Andreev.

Country: United States.
Class, [Type]: Leahy, [CG].

Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, U.S.A.
Launch date: 9 December 1961.
Commission date: 2 February 1963.
Decommission date: 20 October 1993.

Displacement ( tons ): 5650 standard, 7800 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 163 x 16,5 x 8.
Main machinery: 2 x General Electric turbines ( 85000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 30.
Complement: 430 ( 27 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 6 20mm GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx CIWS.
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 2 Harpoon Mk141; SAM: 2 x 2 Mk10 Mod5 Standard-ER; ASW: 1 x 8 Mk16 ASROC.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 Mk32 torpedo tubes.
Radars: Air: AN/SPS-48, AN/SPS-49; Surface: AN/SPS-10, AN/SPS-67; Fire Control: 4 x Mk76, 2 x AN/SPG-50, 4 x AN/SPG-55.
Sonars: AN/SQS-23.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1982 | 1992