- Ordered: 20 September 1961
- Laid down: 25 September 1962
- Launched: 30 June 1964
- Commissioned: 8 April 1967
- Acquired: 16 June 1967
- Reclassified as CG-31 on 30 Jun 1975
- Decommissioned: 24 March 1994
- Beam: 55 feet
- Displacement: 7930 tons
- Draught: 28 feet 10 inches
- Length: 547 feet
- Range: 7,100 n. miles at 20 knots
- Speed: 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Crew: 31 Officers / 387 Enlisted
DLG-31
ASW Sonars
- SQS-26BX bow mounted sonar
ASW Weapons
- ASROC launched from Mk 10 missile launcher
- Two triple tube Mk 32 torpedo mounts
Fire Control
- One MK 14 Weapons Direction System
- One MK 114 ASW fire control system
- One Mk 76 Mod 9 missile fire control system using 2 SPG-55B radars
- One Mk 68 Gun Fire Control System with SPG-53F radar (5″ gun)
- Two Manual visual directors for 3″ 50 caliber guns
Guns
- One 5-inch 54-caliber Dual purpose Mk42
- Two 3-inch 50-caliber single barreled
Helicopters
- One LAMPS (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) Kaman SH-2
Magazine Capacity
- 60 combined Terrier and ASROC
Missiles
- One Dual railed Mk10 Mod7 launcher Terrier/Standard-ER SAM
Propulsion
- Two DeLaval steam turbines – 85,000 shp; 2 shafts
- four 1200 psi Combustion Engineering boilers
- Two Six-bladed constant pitch props, Single rudder
Radars
- SPS-10 Surface search
- SPS-40 Air search radar
- SPS-48 3-D search
- Sonars: SQS-26 bow mounted sonar
CG-31
ASW Sonars
- SQS-26BX bow mounted sonar
ASW Weapons
- ASROC launched from Mk 10 missile launcher
- Two triple tube Mk 32 torpedo mounts
EW System
- One SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
- SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
- Chaffroc – rocket deployed chaff dispensers
Fire Control
- One MK 14 Weapons Direction System
- One Mk 114 ASW Fire Control System
- One Mk 76 Mod 9 missile fire control system using 2 SPG-55B radars
- One Mk 68 Gun Fire Control System with SPG-53F radar (5″ gun)
- Two Manual visual directors for 3″ 50 caliber guns
Guns
- One 5-inch 54-caliber Dual purpose Mk 42
- Two 20-mm Phalanx CIWS (Close In WeaponsSystem) Mk 15 (2-multibarrel)
- Two 3-inch 50-caliber single barreled (replaced by Harpoon – 1976)
Helicopters
- One LAMPS (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) Kaman SH-2
Missiles
- One Dual railed Mk 10 Mod 7 launcher for Terrier/Standard-ER SAM
- Magazine capacity = 60 combined Terrier and ASROC
- Eight Harpoon SSM (Surface – surface missile) (2 quad canisters Mk 141)
Radars
- SPS-10F Surface search (replaced by SPS-67 in 1991)
- SPS-40 Air seach (replaced by SPS-49 in 1991)
- SPS-48 3-D search