The USS Leahy was the lead ship of her class of cruisers, Leahy-class cruiser. She was commissioned on August 4th, 1962. She would go on to see service with the Sixth Fleet. In 1975 she and the USS Tattnall would make a visit to the historic port in Leningrad in the USSR. This made it the first time that a US warship visited a Russian port since World War Two. In 1976 she was transferred to the Pacific fleet. Her new homeport was San Diego. In the 90's she would see action Operation Desert Storm and Operation Restore Hope. She would be decommissioned on October 1st, 1993.