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CLASS - BELKNAP Displacement 8,957 Tons, Dimensions, 547' (oa) x 54' 10" x 29' (Max) Armament 1 Terrier/ASROC (60 Missiles) 1 x 5"/54RF, 2 x 3"/50, 6 x12.75" TT. Machinery, 85,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 400. Operational and Building Data Keel laid on 15 JAN 1963 by Todd Shipyards San Pedro Division Launched 21 NOV 1964 Commissioned 23 MAYJUL 1966 Reclassified CG 33 on 30 JUN 1975 Decommissioned 15 APR 1994 Stricken 15 APR 1994 Fate Sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, TX. Scrapping completed 28 OCT 2007. |
Patch image contributed by Robert M. Cieri |
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04013300 |
54k |
USS Fox namesake, Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln from 1861 - 1866. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 61175. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
04013318 |
116k | Fox (DLG 33) ready for launching, at the Todd Shipyards Corporation Los Angeles Division shipyard, San Pedro, California, 21 November 1964. |
Robert Hurst | |
04013319 |
97k | Fox (DLG 33) Afloat just after launching, at the Todd Shipyards Corporation Los Angeles Division shipyard, San Pedro, California, 21 November 1964. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #NH 98456 |
Robert Hurst | |
04013309 |
485k |
Commissioning booklet, 28 May 1966. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
116k |
Undated port side view. U.S. Navy photo. |
Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. | ||
04013311 |
255k | Underway in Long Beach, 06 June 1966, | Robert M. Cieri | |
04013320 |
109k | USS Fox (DLG 33) Underway, circa mid-1966. Probably photographed during trials. This view was released for publication on 27 July 1966. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #NH 98449 |
Robert Hurst | |
04013321 |
119k | USS Fox (DLG 33) Underway, circa mid-1966. Probably photographed during trials. This view was released for publication on 27 July 1966. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #NH 98450 |
Robert Hurst | |
04013322 |
98k | USS Fox (DLG 33) view of the ship's midships area, port side, taken while she was underway, circa mid-1966. Probably photographed during trials. This view was released for publication on 27 July 1966. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #NH 98451 |
Robert Hurst | |
09590157 |
75k | USS Sacramento (AOE 1) with USS Fox (DLG 33) coming alongside while underway in the South China Sea in 1970. Photo taken from USS Bausell (DD 845). | Lee Noland STGC USN Ret. USS Bausell | |
04013317 |
174k | One of two Kaman YSH-2E Seasprite LAMPS II-prototypes (BuNo 150169) landing on the guided missile frigate USS Fox (DLG 33) at San Diego, California, in 1971. USN Photo from U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News June 1971. |
Robert Hurst | |
04013313 |
100k | USS Fox (DLG 33) Operating in the Pacific Ocean,
12 April 1971. Photographed by PH2 L.D. Adzima.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Naval Historical Center Photo #NH 98452 |
Robert Hurst | |
04013324 |
2.8m | These photos were taken by LT(JG) Sully Augustine during USS Enterprise's 1971-72 WestPac cruise, probably in late January-early February 1972 while en route from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor. *Maybe* on 4 February, when the Big E refueled both Fox and USS Epperson (DD 719). | Bob Canchola | |
04013325 |
2.7m | These photos were taken by LT(JG) Sully Augustine during USS Enterprise's 1971-72 WestPac cruise, probably in late January-early February 1972 while en route from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor. *Maybe* on 4 February, when the Big E refueled both Fox and USS Epperson (DD 719). | Bob Canchola | |
04013326 |
3.1m | These photos were taken by LT(JG) Sully Augustine during USS Enterprise's 1971-72 WestPac cruise, probably in late January-early February 1972 while en route from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor. *Maybe* on 4 February, when the Big E refueled both Fox and USS Epperson (DD 719). | Bob Canchola | |
04013327 |
3m | These photos were taken by LT(JG) Sully Augustine during USS Enterprise's 1971-72 WestPac cruise, probably in late January-early February 1972 while en route from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor. *Maybe* on 4 February, when the Big E refueled both Fox and USS Epperson (DD 719). | Bob Canchola | |
04013328 |
3.2m | These photos were taken by LT(JG) Sully Augustine during USS Enterprise's 1971-72 WestPac cruise, probably in late January-early February 1972 while en route from the Philippines to Pearl Harbor. *Maybe* on 4 February, when the Big E refueled both Fox and USS Epperson (DD 719). | Bob Canchola | |
42k |
1 June 1980 - San Diego, CA: Vice Premier Gen Biao, People`s Republic of China, and part of his delegates are given a tour of the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG 33). The missile in the background is a Terrier/Standard-ER Surface-to-Air Missile. U.S. Navy Photo. |
Fred Weiss | ||
39k | Early 1980's. Heavy seas in the Indian Ocean while refueling from the USS Niagara Falls (AFS 3). | HS1 Steve Martin, USCG (Ret.) | ||
121k | Columbia River, en route Portland, 1981. Great photo. | James H. Hopper III CDR. USN-RET |
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0403330 |
84k | Overhead view of USS Fox (CG 33) underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, on 11 December 1984. Photographer PH1 S. Smith, USN. This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6396419. |
Robert Hurst | |
04013312 |
286k | Welcome Aboard booklet, Circa 1983. | Robert M. Cieri | |
04013323 |
149k | USS Fox (CG 33) underway, circa the mid-1980s. Possibly photographed in February 1986. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Photo #NH 98454-KN |
Robert Hurst | |
111k | Seen her from the Port bow in on 10 September 1987 (caption updated by Robert Hurst). | USN | ||
04013314 |
113k | USS Fox (CG 33) underway in the Pacific Ocean, 16
December 1988. Photographed by PH3 John Cross.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center. USNHC Photograph #NH 98453-KN |
Robert Hurst | |
04013315 |
194k | Port bow view while undergoing overhaul in San Diego Bay, 1990. | David Buell | |
110k |
1 June 1993 - Pacific Ocean: A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG 33) as the ship passes down the port side of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). An S-3B Viking aircraft of Antisubmarine Squadron 29 (VS-29) awaits launching on the carrier`s number 3 catapult. U.S. Navy Photo. |
Fred Weiss | ||
62k |
1 June 1993 - Pacific Ocean: A starboard side view of the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG 33) underway during a gunnery drill. The ship`s Mark 42 5 inch/54 caliber aft gunmount is shown firing to the port side. U.S. Navy Photo . |
Fred Weiss | ||
167k |
1 June 1993 - Pacific Ocean: A high oblique bow-on view of WestPac `93 Battle Group Foxtrot underway. (Left to right). The guided missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61), the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Pasadena (SSN 752), the nuclear-powered aircraft USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), and the guided missile cruiser USS Fox (CG 33). U.S. Navy Photo. |
Fred Weiss | ||
04013329 |
108k |
USS Fox (CG 33) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 1 June 1993. USS Fox was on her final deployment and was decommissioned on 15 April 1994. Photographer PH2 Dale W. Novotasky, USN. This image is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6491806. |
Robert Hurst | |
04013310 |
226k | Decommissioning booklet, 15 April 1994. | Robert M. Cieri | |
04013316 |
126k | The Ex-USS Fox at International Shipbreakers, Brownsville, TX on 25 October 2006. Photo ©Michael Martin, Brownsville, TX., 2006. |
Michael Martin | |
040133m01 |
194k | Ship's crest (CG version). | Tommy Trampp |
Commanding
Officers
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Name/Rank | Class | Final Rank | Dates |
Welander, Robert Oscar, CAPT | RADM | 05/28/66 - 05/28/68 | |
Ward, Marshall Douglas, CAPT | 05/28/68 - 08/14/69 | ||
Boland, Paul, CAPT | 08/14/69 - 01/22/71 | ||
McCabe Jr., Robert Emmett, CAPT | 01/22/71 - 03/17/72 | ||
Collins, Robert Martin, CAPT | RADM | 03/17/72 - 05/08/74 | |
Weeks, Robert Eugene, CAPT | 05/08/74 - 04/17/76 | ||
Kelly Jr., James Francis, CAPT | 04/17/76 - 05/23/78 | ||
Steele, Robert J., CAPT | RADM | 05/23/78 - 03/14/80 | |
Palmer, Leslie Nelson, CAPT | 1959 | RADM | 03/14/80 - 04/03/82 |
Anderson, Donald Ralph, CAPT | 04/03/82 - 09/29/84 | ||
Tobin Jr., Paul Edward, CAPT | RADM | 09/29/84 - 06/27/86 | |
Mathis, William W., CAPT | RADM | 06/27/86 - 04/30/88 | |
Addicott, Raymond Walter, CAPT | 04/30/88 - 04/14/90 | ||
Holian, Francis Kevin, CAPT | 1968 | RADM | 04/14/90 - 04/20/91 |
Peck, David L., CDR | 04/20/91 - 02/13/93 | ||
McCabe III, Robert Emmett, CDR | 1974 | 02/13/93 - 04/15/94 |
(List courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
Note About Contacts.
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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