June 1984. 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: 2 July 1965.
Commission date: 21 January 1967.
Decommission date: 30 November 1993.

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 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-48, AN/SPS-40; Surface: AN/SPS-10; Fire Control: Mк68, 2 x Mк76, AN/SPG-53А, 2 x AN/ SPG-55B.
Sonars: AN/SQS-26.
Helicopters: 1 x SH-60 Sea Hawk.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1974 | 1978 | 1981 | 1982 | 1984 | 1988