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The Ship Uss Leahy cc 16, 7 Guided Missile Cruiser LEAHY is the lead ship of its class of guided-missile cruisers. She was built by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. The keel was laid December 3, 1959, and the ship was commissioned August 4, 1962. In 1975, LEAHY was the first U.S. warship to visit Leningrad in the Soviet Union since the early 1860's. LEAHY was transferred from the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Fleet in 1976. LEAHY completed her first Pacific Cruise in February 1979, and her second in 1980. From January 1981 through February 1982, LEAHY underwent a major overhaul at Long Beach Naval Shipyard where she was fitted with Harpoon missiles and the Phalanx Close-in-Weapons-System QCIWSQ. After her third Western Pacific Cruise in 1983, LEAHY spent the remainder of 1983 and the better part of 1984 readying for this deployment. Preparations included port visits to Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. LEAHY also participated in READIEX 85-1 and several other training exercises. In October 1985, LEAHY departed on her fourth Western Pacific Cruise, returning seven months later in May 1985. LEAHY is 533 feet long, has a beam of 54 feet and displaces 8,000 tons. The crew is comprised of 390 enlisted men and 30 officers. She is armed with two Terrier missile launchers and their associated surface-to-air missiles, ASROC fAnti-Submarine Rocketj torpedoes, two-triple torpedo tubes, the Harpoon surface-to-surface missile system, the Phalanx CIWS and .50 calibre machine guns.
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H W E Y D if Yi- 1-1--sg-,,i,ua N ff 'k 'A' , CG-16 P The symbolism involved in the ship's insignia is basic, yet highly significant. The circle of five stars symbolizes the U.S. Navy's first Fleet Admiral, William Daniel Leahy, for whom the ship is named. The crossed Terrier missiles refer to LEAHY's primary weapons system and symbolize that she is the first in a class of double-ender guided-missile cruisers. The ship's Latin motto, Promta et Parata, translates literally to Prompt and Ready. It embodies LEAHY's distinguished record of perfor- y mance and timeliness, challenging all who serve aboard her to y continue the tradition of excellence by being ready to perform every assigned task. USS LEAHY QCG 161 was named after Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy. Admiral Leahy served as Commanding Officer of six ships, in- cluding the battleship NEW MEXICO. Additionally, he served as Com- ' '15 NUUU51' mander-in-Chief, Battle Force and Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral AIOB, Leahy retired in 1939 after 46 years of naval service. He was recalled to active duty as Chairman of the newly created Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1949, and continued on duty as advisor to the Secretary of the Navy until his death july 20, 1959.
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