Keel Laid: April 2, 1959
            Launched: September 17, 1960
            Commissioned: August 26, 1961
            Decommissioned: July 14, 1993

            Builder: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
            Propulsion system: Two boilers, one geared steam turbines, 
             one shaft, 22,000 total shaft horsepower, 16 MW
            Length: 603,65 feet (184 meters)
            Beam: 104 feet (31.7 meters)
            Draft: 25,9 feet (7.9 meters)
            Displacement: approx. 19,500 tons full load
            Speed: 23 knots
            Crew: Ship: 82 officers, 638 enlisted; Marine Detachment: 1,750
            Armament: 
             - two Phalanx CIWS
       - two 76 mm/50 cal. AA guns
             - eight cell Sea Sparrow BPDMS launchers