They carried the mid-range Terrier missile, but no offensive (strategic) weapons.

Later, SDIO worked with the Navy to test the LEAP on the Terrier missile.

Dr. Kossiakoff (pronounced KOSS-ickoff) helped develop and test the Terrier missile, designed to be fired at aircraft from ships.

Following the initial attack, the USS Sterett deployed her Terrier missiles again and destroyed a Styx surface to surface missile in mid flight.

Photos taken by one of the Sterett's crew clearly show the MIG being destroyed by a Terrier missile.

In the first raid, the guided-missile frigate's Terrier missiles destroyed one of the intruders.

The MiG was then shot down by a Terrier surface-to-air missile fired from Sterrett.

In June 1963, the Coontz demonstrated the kill capability of the Terrier surface-to-air missile in a sea power demonstration for President John F. Kennedy.

AN/SPG 55 - Original version supported Beam riding Terrier missiles.

She helped launch the Navy into the age of the guided-missile warship when she successfully test fired the Terrier missile on 28 January 1953 off Cape Cod.