H. Ships Named for the Fleet Admirals

William D. Leahy

USS Leahy (CG-16, formerly DL-G16)

Lead ship in the Leahy class of guided missile cruisers

Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine

535 feet long; 53 feet beam; 7,800 tons displaced

Launched: July 1, 1961

Sponsor: Mrs. Michael J. Mansfield

Commissioned: August 4, 1962

Decommissioned: October 1, 1993; sold for scrap

Ernest J. King

USS King (DDG-41, formerly DLG-10)

Fifth ship in the Farragut class of guided missile frigates (DLG), later reclassified as a guided missile destroyer (DDG)

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington

512.5 feet long; 52 feet beam; 5,800 tons displaced

Launched: December 6, 1958

Sponsor: Mrs. Oliver W. van den Berg (née Elizabeth King)

Commissioned: November 17, 1960

Decommissioned: March 28, 1991; sold for scrap

Chester W. Nimitz

USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

Lead ship in the Nimitz class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers

Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia

1,092 feet long; 134 feet beam; 97,000 tons displaced

Launched: May 13, 1972

Sponsor: Mrs. James T. Lay (née Catherine Nimitz)

Commissioned: May 3, 1975

Active duty as of 2012

William F. Halsey, Jr.

USS Halsey (CG-23, formerly DLG-23)

Eighth ship in the Leahy class of guided missile cruisers

San Francisco Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California

535 feet long; 53 feet beam; 7,800 tons displaced

Launched: January 15, 1962

Cosponsors: Miss Jane Frances Halsey and Mrs. Margaret Denham

Commissioned: July 20, 1963

Decommissioned: January 28, 1994; sold for scrap

USS Halsey (DDG-97)

Forty-seventh ship in the Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers

Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Mississippi

508.5 feet long; 67 feet beam; 9,200 tons displaced

Launched: January 9, 2004

Cosponsors: Mrs. Anne Halsey-Smith, Miss Heidi Cooke Halsey, and Mrs. Alice Spruance Talbot

Commissioned: July 30, 2005

Active duty as of 2012