USS England (DLG-22)
.jpg) USS England (CG-22) |
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | England |
| Namesake: | John C. England |
| Builder: | Todd Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | 4 October 1960 |
| Launched: | 6 March 1962 |
| Acquired: | June 16, 1971 |
| Commissioned: | 7 December 1963 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 January 1994 |
| Struck: | 21 January 1994 |
| Fate: | scrapped, 2004 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Leahy class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 7,903 tons |
| Length: | 533 ft |
| Beam: | 53 ft |
| Draft: | 24 ft 6 in |
| Propulsion: | 2 × De Laval steam turbines providing 85,000 shp (63 MW); 2 shafts 4 × Foster-Wheeler boilers |
| Speed: | 34 kts |
| Range: | 8,000 nm at 20 knots |
| Complement: | 400 officers and enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-39 followed by AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar AN/SPS-43 followed by AN/SPS-49 2D air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SPG-55 missile fire control radar AN/SQS-23 bow mounted sonar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 Mark 36 SRBOC |
| Armament: | 2 × Mark 10 Terrier SAM 1 × ASROC ASW system 4 × 3 in(76 mm)guns (replaced by Harpoon missiles during 1980s) 6 × 12.75 in(324 mm)ASW TT 2 x Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | None |
The second USS England (DLG/CG-22), a Leahy-class guided missile cruiser, was a ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Ensign John C. England. Originally called a "destroyer leader" or frigate, in 1975 she was re-designated a cruiser in the Navy's 1975 ship reclassification.
Ensign John Charles England was born in Harris, Mo., on December 11, 1920. He attended Pasadena City College, in Pasadena, California and was on the pep-squad there. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve on September 6, 1940 and was commissioned ensign on June 6, 1941. On September 3, 1941 he reported for duty on the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and was killed while saving others on board during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
CG/DLG-22 was the second USS England. The first was USS England (DE-635), the ship that sunk six enemy submarines in 12 days in May 1944. That act caused the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Ernest King, to declare "There’ll always be an England in the United States Navy." DE-635 was decommissioned in 1945.
To fulfill Admiral King’s promise, USS England DLG-22 was built by Todd Shipbuilding. The keel was laid on October 4, 1960, launched March 6, 1962, and commissioned on December 7, 1963. Her designation was changed in 1976 to CG-22 at Bremerton Naval Shipyard during an overhaul.
The USS England served in every major Pacific engagement from Vietnam to Desert Storm, from rescuing pilots, performing as plane guard or picket, to showing force around the globe. The USS England was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon for supporting search and rescue operations in the Gulf of Tonkin from January 3 to June 6, 1966.[1] She was decommissioned on January 21, 1994, mothballed in the Suisun Bay for ten years and scrapped in 2004.
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