DL Destroyer Leader Conversions - DLG DLGN to DDG CG CGN

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There is a post for DDG's but DLG's and DLGN's that where reclassified as DDG's, CG's or CGN's were orphans until now.

Here is the post for those ships. I will start off with a very short lived Classified ship the USS South Carolina, DLGN 37. commissioned in January of 1975 and reclassified in June of 1975, giving this patch a roughly 6 month life span.

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The USS Biddle DLG 34 then CG 34

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CG 34

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USS Fox DLG 33 and CG 33

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USS Jouett DLG then CG 29

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USS Standley DLG then CG 32

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USS Worden DLG then CG 18

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The following are just DLG's I have yet to find the matching CG patches

USS Dale DLG 19

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USS England DLG 22

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USS Halsey DLG 23

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USS Horne DLG 30

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USS Truxton DLG (N) 35

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USS Wainwright DLG 28

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USS Harry E. Yarnell DLG 17

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USS Texas DLGN 39 second to the last DLGN To become a CGN

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USS Belknap DLG 26 Very similar to the Wainwright.

 

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Moderators Note: Members please post your Forrest Sherman cl., Charles Adams cl., Spruance cl., Kidd cl., Arleigh Burke cl. and Zumwalt cl. purpose built DDG's here ---> http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/197920-ddg-guided-missile-destroyers/

 

Very nice start for these Destroyer Leader hulls. When they were developed they were built with Staff accommodations and intended to be Flagships of Cruiser-Destroyer groups and flotillas, but as the guided missile age came, they were converted to Cruisers and Guided Missile Destroyers. Several were also destined to become the first Nuclear Powered surface combatants in the USN. Many were simply reclassified in 1975 as CG/CG(N) Cruisers (Leahy/Belknap class) retaining their hull numbers, but others (the Farragut class) were reclassified in 1975 as DDG which necessitated their hull renumbering to avoid duplication among the other classes of DDG being commissioned at the time.

 

The Following is a List of the Destroyer Leader hulls which comprise this topic - Please post those that you have in your collections for the following classes of ships

 

Norfolk cl., Mitscher cl., Farragut cl., Leahy cl., Bainbridge cl., Belknap cl., Truxtun cl., California cl., and Virginia cl.

 

Norfolk DL-1 — Norfolk 1953–1970

Mitscher DL-2 renumbered to DDG-35 Mitscher class leader 1953–1978

John S. McCain DL-3 renumbered to DDG-36 Mitscher cl. 1953–1978

Willis A. Lee DL-4 — Mitscher cl. 1954–1969

Wilkinson DL-5 — Mitscher cl.1954–1969

Farragut DLG-6 renumbered to DDG-37 Farragut class leader 1960–1989

Luce DLG-7 renumbered to DDG-38 Farragut cl. 1961–1991

Macdonough DLG-8 renumbered to DDG-39 Farragut cl.1961–1992

Coontz* DLG-9 renumbered to DDG-40 Farragut cl.1960–1989

King DLG-10 renumbered to DDG-41 Farragut cl. 1960–1991

Mahan DLG-11 renumbered to DDG-42 Farragut cl. 1960–1993

Dahlgren DLG-12 renumbered to DDG-43 Farragut cl. 1961–1992

William V. Pratt DLG-13 renumbered to DDG-44 Farragut cl. 1961–1991

Dewey DLG-14 renumbered to DDG-45 Farragut cl. 1959–1990

Preble DLG-15 renumbered to DDG-46 Farragut cl. 1960–1991

Leahy DLG-16 to CG-16 Leahy cl.1962–1993

Harry E. Yarnell DLG-17 to CG-17 Leahy cl. 1963–1993

Worden DLG-18 to CG-18 Leahy cl. 1963–1993

Dale DLG-19 to CG-19 Leahy cl. 1963–1994

Richmond K. Turner DLG-20 to CG-20 Leahy cl. 1964–1995

Gridley DLG-21 to CG-21 Leahy cl. 1963–1994

England DLG-22 to CG-22 Leahy cl. 1963–1994

Halsey DLG-23 to CG-23 Leahy cl. 1963–1994

Reeves DLG-24 to CG-24 Leahy cl. 1964–1993

Bainbridge DLGN-25 to CGN-25 Bainbridge class 1962–1996

Belknap DLG-26 to CG-26 Belknap class leader 1964–1995

Josephus Daniels DLG-27 to CG-27 Belknap cl. 1965–1994

Wainwright DLG-28 to CG-28 Belknap cl. 1966–1993

Jouett DLG-29 to CG-29 Belknap cl. 1966–1994

Horne DLG-30 to CG-30 Belknap cl. 1967–1994

Sterett DLG-31 to CG-31 Belknap cl. 1967–1994

William H. Standley DLG-32 to CG-32 Belknap cl. 1966–1994

Fox DLG-33 to CG-33 Belknap cl. 1966–1994

Biddle DLG-34 to CG-34 Belknap cl. 1967–1993

Truxtun DLGN-35 to CGN-35 Truxtun class 1967–1995

California DLGN-36 to CGN-36 California class leader 1974–1999

South Carolina** DLGN-37 to CGN-37 California cl. 1975–1999

Virginia*** DLGN-38 to CGN-38 Virginia class leader 1976–1994

Texas*** DLGN-39 to CGN-39 Virginia cl. 1977–1993

Mississippi*** DLGN-40 to CGN-40 Virginia cl. 1978–1997

Arkansas*** DLGN-41 to CGN-41 Virginia cl. 1980–1998

Notes

The DL Types which were decommissioned prior to 1975 were not reclassified/renumbered

*After the 1975 reclassification the Farragut class was also known as the Coontz class

**South Carolina was the last ship commissioned as a DL type.

***Virginia class, ordered as DLGN, reclassified as CGN prior to commissioning.

 

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Now for some DLG's that became DDG..

USS Norfolk DL 1 World cruise 1968

 

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USS Coontz DLG 9

 

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USS Dewey DLG 14

 

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USS Farragut DLG 6

 

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USS Luce DLG 7

 

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USS MacDonough DLG 8

 

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USS Mahan DLG 11

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USS Bainbridge DLGN or CGN 25, could go either way I think