October 1975. The Black Sea. Photo from the archives of A. Andreev.

Country: USA
Class, [Type]: Belknap, [CG].

Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA.
Launch date: 20 July 1963.
Commission date: 7 November 1964.
Decommission date: 15 February 1995.

Displacement ( tons ): 6550 standard, 7950 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 166,5 x 16,5 x 8,7.
Main machinery: 2 x General Electric turbines ( 85000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 30.
Complement: 418 ( 31 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 127mm Mk42, 2 x 1 76mm Mk34.
Missiles: SAM/ASW: 1 x 2 Mk10 Standard ER/ASROC.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32.

Radars: Air: AN/SPS-48, AN/SPS-40; Surface: AN/SPS-10; Fire Control: 2 x Mk76, Mk68, 2 x Mk51, Mk11, AN/SPG-53A, 2 x AN/ SPG-55B.
Sonars: AN/SQS-26.
Helicopters: 1 x SH-2F Sea Sprite.
Comment: USS Belknap was severely damaget in a collision with USS John F. Kennedy on 22 November 1975. USS Belknap was reconstructed by the Pfiladelphia Navy Yard from 30 January 1976 to 10 May 1980.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1975 | 1991 | 1993 | 1994