August 1991. 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), Staff ( 23 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 127mm Mk42, 2 x 6 20mm GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx CIWS.
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 4 Mk141 Harpoon; SAM: 1 x 2 Mk10 Standard.
A/S Weapons: 1 x 8 Mk16 ASROC.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32.

Radars: Air: AN/SPS-48E, AN/SPS-49; Surface: AN/SPS-10F; Fire Control: AN/SPG-53F, 2 x AN/SPG-55B.
Sonars: AN/SQS-26.
Helicopters: 1 x SH-60 Sea Hawk.
Comment: After reconstruction USS Belknap was reclassified as Flag Ship. Has served as 6th Fleet Flag Ship. On November 1994 the Command Flag was transferred to USS La Salle.

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