USS Fox (CG-33)

USS Fox (CG-33) on 16 December 1988
History
United States
Name	USS Fox
Namesake	Gustavus Fox
Ordered	16 January 1962
Builder	Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down	15 January 1963
Launched	21 November 1964
Acquired	20 May 1966
Commissioned	8 May 1966
Decommissioned	15 April 1994
Reclassified	CG-33 on 30 June 1975
Stricken	15 April 1994
Homeport	NS San Diego (former)
Motto	"Faire Sans Dire"
Fate	Sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, TX.[1] Scrapping completed 28 October 2007.
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General characteristics
Class and type	Belknap-class cruiser
Displacement	7,930 tons
Length	547 ft (167 m)
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draft	28 ft 10 in (8.79 m)
Speed	30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement	418 officers and men
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-48E air-search radar AN/SPS-49(V)5 air-search radar AN/SPG-55B fire-control radar AN/SPG-53F gun fire-control radar AN/SQS-26 sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	1 × 1 Mark 42 5-inch / 54-caliber gun 2 × 2 3 in (76 mm)/50-caliber guns (removed later in the ships life and replaced by harpoon and phalanx) 1 × 2 mk 10 mod 7 Terrier / SM-2ER missile launcher 2 x 3 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes 2 x 4 Harpoon missile launchers 2 x 6 Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	1 sh-2 seasprite asw helicopter
Aviation facilities	helipad and hangar

USS Fox (DLG-33/CG-33) was a Belknap class cruiser of the United States Navy, named after Gustavus V. Fox, President Abraham Lincoln's Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The keel for DLG-33 was authenticated and laid in ceremonies at Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California on 15 January 1963.^[1]