Halsey (CG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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0 S-AJ FLEET ADMIRAL WILLIAM HALSEY. JR.. USN FLEET ADMIRAL HALSEY WAS BORN IN ELIZABETH. NEW JERSEY, 30 OCTOBER, 1882, THE SON OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM F. HALSEY. US N, AND ANNE BREWSTER HALSEY. HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE US NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1900 AND GRADUATED IN FEBRUARY 1904. AFTER GRADUATION, ADMIRAL HALSEY SERVED IN MANY CAPACITIES RANGING FROM NAVAL ATTACHE TO SHIP COMMANDS. MUCH OF HIS EARLY CAREER DURING AND SUBSEQUENT TO WORLD WAR I WAS DEVOTED TO COMMANDING DESTROYERS. IN 1935. AT THE AGE OF 52, HE WON HIS WINGS AND WAS DESIGNATED A NAVAL AVIATOR. THE SUCCEEDING YEARS BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT HIS TIME TESTED COMMAND ABILITIES AND SAW ADMIRAL HALSEY COMMANDING FIRST THE USS SARATOGA AND LATER THE SOUTH PACIFIC FORCE AND SOUTH PACIFIC AREA WHERE HE DOGGEDLY SET ABOUT AND SUCCEEDED IN ROUTING ENEMY FORCES FROM GUADALCANAL AND THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. IN JUNE 1944, ADMIRAL HALSEY ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE THIRD FLEET AND WAS DESIGNATED COMMANDER OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC TASK FORCE. BEGINNING IN AUGUST 1944. HIS FORCES LEFT A TRAIL OF ENEMY RUIN AND DESTRUCTION IN PALAUS, PHILIPPINES. FORMOSA (TAIWAN), OKINAWA AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND DECISIVELY DEFEATED ENEMY SEA AND AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE WESTERN CAROLINES AND THE PHILIPPINES ISLANDS. IN THE FINAL PHASES OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. ADMIRAL HALSEYS THIRD FLEET PARTICIPATED IN THE OKINAWA CAMPAIGN. AND LATER HIS FAST CARRIER TASK FORCES PROCEEDED NORTHWARD AND STRUCK AT TOKYO IN JULY 1945. ON AUGUST 29. 1945. ADMIRAL HALSEY, FLYING HIS FLAG IN THE USS MISSOURI. ENTERED TOKYO BAY. THE FOLLOWING DAY, GENERAL OF THE ARMY. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR ARRIVED IN YOKOHAMA AND ON SEPTEMBER I. 1945 ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI. THE FORMAL SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT WAS SIGNED. IN NOVEMBER 1945. ADMIRAL HALSEY RELINQUISHED COMMAND OF THE THIRD FLEET WHICH HAD EXEMPLIFIED HIS SLOGAN: HIT HARD. HIT FAST. HIT OFTEN. FLEET ADMIRAL HALSEY RETIRED FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN DECEMBER 1946. ADMIRAL HALSEY DIED IN 1954 AND BURIED WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS ON 20 AUGUST IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.

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U.S.S. HALSEY CG-23 USS HALSEY (CG-23) IS NAMED FOR THE GALLANT AND AGGRESSIVE NAVAL LEADER OF WORLD WAR II. FLEET ADMIRAL WILLIAM F. HALSEY. JR.. SHE IS THE FOURTH OF A CLASS OF NINE SHIPS CONSTRUCTED FROM THE KEEL UP AS A MISSILE LAUNCHING SHIP. USS HALSEY INSIGNIA EMBODIES ADMIRAL HALSEYS FAMILY COAT OF ARMS. A SHIELD WITH THREE GRIFFINS WITH A LANCE SUPERIMPOSED ON THE SHIELD. ADDITIONALLY. THE FIVE STARS OF A FLEET ADMIRAL AND SHIP ' S NAME ARE ARRANGED CIRCUMVENTIALLY. CONSTRUCTED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY NAVAL SHIPYARD. USS HALSEY KEEL WAS LAID ON AUGUST 25. I960 AND SHE WAS CHRISTENED JANUARY 15, 1962 BY TWO OF THE ADMIRAL ' S GRANDAUGHTERS. USS HALSEY WAS COMMISSIONED ON JULY 20. 1963. AFTER COMMISSIONING, USS HALSFY WAS ASSIGNED OPERATIONS WITH THE PACIFIC FLEET. USS HALSEY IS A MULTI-PURPOSE SHIP DEVELOPED ESPECIALLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MODERN NAVAL WARFARE. DESIGNATED TO OPERATE WITH A CARRIER BATTLE GROUP, THE SHIP ' S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO CONDUCT FLEET ANTI-AIR WARFARE DEFE NSE. USS HALSEY IS EQUIPPED WITH THE NEWEST TERRIER MISSILE FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM IN THE FLEET AND IS ABLE TO FIRE THE MOST CAPABLE MISSILE, SM-2. WITH THE FOUR MISSILE FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS INSTALLED AND TWO MISSILE LAUNCHERS LOCATED FORWARD AND AFT. SHE IS ABLE TO ENGAGE NUMEROUS TARGETS SIMULTANEOUSLY AT LONG RANGE. THIS FORMIDABLE DEFENSE SYSTEM ON BOARD, IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER SHIPS IN THE SAME FORCE IS CONTROLLED BY A COMPUTERIZED TACTICAL DATA SYSTEM. THIS DATA SYSTEM ENABLES USS HALSEY TO PROCESS ALL TARGET INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE FORCE AND ENGAGE THREATENING TARGETS WITH FORCE WEAPONS SYSTEMS. INCLUDING USS HALSEY IN A MINIMUM OF TIME. ALSO INSTALLED TO PROVIDE A CLOSE-IN SELF DEFENSE CAPABILITY IS THE AUTOMATED AND AUTONOMOUS CLOSE IN WEAPONS SYSTEMS (CIWS). A RAPID FIRING GATLING TYPE GUN ON EACH SIDE OF THE SHIP. USS HALSEY ALSO HAS HAD THE LATEST ELECTRONIC WARFARE SUITE INSTALLED. IN ADDITION. USS HALS EY HAS THE HARPOON MISSILE SYSTEM INSTALLED FOR USE AGAINST SURFACE TARGETS AND CONSIDERABLE ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE CAPABILITY WITH HER ASROC ANTI SUBMARINE ROCKET LAUNCHER AND SHIP LAUNCHED TORPEDOES. USS HALSEY 85,000 SHAFT HORSEPOWER, TWIN PROPELLER AND SINGLE RUDDER WILL DRIVE THE SHIP IN EXCESS OF 30 KNOTS AND SHE CAN STEAM THOUSANDS OF MILES AT HIGH SPEEDS WITHOUT REFUELING. SUFFICIENT ELECTRIC ITY. 8.000KW. IS GENERATED TO SUPPORT ALL SYSTEMS AND 750 TONS OF AIR CONDITIONING. IS PROVIDED TO ALL CONTROL AND LIVING SPACES. ALTHOUGH EQUIPPED WITH THE MOST MODERN WEAPONS. IT IS THE PROFESSIONALISM OF HER FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY OFFICERS AND MEN WHICH MAKE USS HALSEY THE FIGHTING SHIP SHE IS.

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CAPT. PAUL D. MOSES COMMANDING OFFICER THROUGHOUT HER 1984 SEVENTH FLEET DEPLOYMENT. USS HALSEY CONSISTENTLY SERVED AS THE EPITOME OF THE MODERN NAVAL SURFACE COMBATANT. BZ ' S WERE RECEIVED FROM CTF 75, COMSE VENTH FLT AND THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. TO ALL OF YOU, AND THE MANY FAMILIES WHO PROVIDED THEIR SUPPORT THROUGH THE DEPLOYMENT PERIOD. A MOST DESERVED WELL DONE.