Wreck of USS Worden (CG-18)

USA / Hawaii / Princeville /
 military, shipwreck, United States Navy

The Worden was the 3rd member of the Leahy Class of Guided Missile Cruisers and served with the US Pacific Fleet from 1963 to 1993, seeing action in both Vietnam and the First Gulf War, earning 9 Battle Stars in Vietnam and the Navy Unit Commendation and 1 Combat Action Ribbon in Desert Storm.

She decommissioned and was stricken on the same day in 1993 and she was placed into reserve at Pearl Harbor NISMF where she remained until June 17th, 2000 when she was sunk at this location at 2,560 fathoms during live fire excercises.

www.navsource.org/archives/04/1118/040118.htm
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Coordinates:   22°57'1"N   160°0'0"W
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