Ticonderoga class cruiser
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The Ticonderoga class of missile cruisers is a class of warship
s in the United States Navy
, first ordered and authorized in FY 1978. The class uses phased-array radar and was originally planned as a class of destroyer
s. However, the increased combat capability offered by the Aegis combat system
and the AN/SPY-1
radar system was used to justify the change of the classification from DDG (guided missile destroyer) to CG (guided missile cruiser
) shortly before the keels of and were laid down.
Of the twenty-seven built vessels, nineteen were built by Ingalls Shipbuilding
and eight by Bath Iron Works
(BIW). All but one of the ships in the class are named for noteworthy events in U.S. military history, and at least twelve; , , , , , , , , , , , , and ; share their names with World War II
aircraft carriers.
capability, the Ticonderoga class built after the Thomas S. Gates are outfitted with two Vertical Launching System
s (or VLS). The two VLS allow the ship to have 122 missile storage and launching tubes that can carry a wide variety of missiles, including the Tomahawk
cruise missile
, the Standard
surface-to-air missile
, the Evolved Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile
, and the ASROC
anti-submarine warfare
missile. More importantly, the VLS enables all missiles to be on full stand-by at any given time, shortening the ship's response time. The original five warship
s, including the Thomas S. Gates, had Mk 26 twin-arm launchers which limited their missile capacity to a total of 88 missiles, and could not fire the Tomahawk missile. After the end of the Cold War
, the lower capabilities of the original five warships limited them to duties close to the home waters of the U.S. These ship's cluttered superstructure, inherited from the Spruance class
destroyer
s, required two of their external radar units to be mounted on a special pallet on the portside aft corner of the superstructure, with the other two mounted on the forward starboard corner. Later AEGIS warships, designed from-the-keel-up to carry the SPY-1 radars, have them all clustered together. The high weight of the ships - 1,500 tons heavier than the "Spru-cans", resulted in a highly-stressed hull and some structural problems in early service, which were generally corrected in the late 1980s and mid-1990s. Several ships had superstructure cracks which had to be repaired.
; however, severe budget cuts from the 21st century surface combatant program
coupled with the increasing cost of the guided missile destroyer
program have led to widespread rumors that the CG(X) program was canceled. The Ticonderoga class will instead be replaced by Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyer
s.
All five of the twin-arm (Mk-26) cruisers have been decommissioned. In 2003, the newer 22 of the 27 ships (CG-52 to CG-73) in the class were upgraded to keep them combat-relevant, giving the ships a service life of 35 years each. In the years leading up to their decommissioning, the five twin-arm ships had been assigned primarily home-waters duties, acting as command ships for destroyer squadrons assigned to the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic areas.
, resulting in 290 civilian fatalities, which the captain of the Vincennes, William C. Rogers III
, had believed from reports of (misinterpreted) radar returns to be an Iranian Air Force
F-14 Tomcat
jet fighter on an attack vector. The USS Vincennes was decommissioned in 2005.
announced that the and would attempt to hit the dead satellite USA-193 in the north Pacific just prior to burn up during a period after February 20 using a modified SM-3 missile. On February 20, 2008, at approximately 22:30 EST (21 Feb, 03:30 UTC), the missile was fired from Lake Erie and later confirmed to have struck the satellite. The military intended that the kinetic energy of the missile would rupture the hydrazine
fuel tank allowing the toxic fuel to be consumed during re-entry. The Department of Defense later confirmed that the fuel tank had been directly hit by the missile.
Warship
A warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat. Warships are usually built in a completely different way from merchant ships. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster and more maneuvrable than merchant ships...
s in the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
, first ordered and authorized in FY 1978. The class uses phased-array radar and was originally planned as a class of destroyer
Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
s. However, the increased combat capability offered by the Aegis combat system
Aegis combat system
The Aegis Combat System is an integrated naval weapons system developed by the Missile and Surface Radar Division of RCA, and now produced by Lockheed Martin...
and the AN/SPY-1
AN/SPY-1
The AN/SPY-1 is a US naval radar system manufactured by Lockheed Martin. The array is a passive electronically scanned system and is a key component of the Aegis Combat System. The system is computer controlled, using four complementary antennas to provide 360 degree coverage...
radar system was used to justify the change of the classification from DDG (guided missile destroyer) to CG (guided missile cruiser
Cruiser
A cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundreds of years, and has had different meanings throughout this period...
) shortly before the keels of and were laid down.
Of the twenty-seven built vessels, nineteen were built by Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries...
and eight by Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works is a major American shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, United States. Since its founding in 1884 , BIW has built private, commercial and military vessels, most of which have been ordered by the United States Navy...
(BIW). All but one of the ships in the class are named for noteworthy events in U.S. military history, and at least twelve; , , , , , , , , , , , , and ; share their names with World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
aircraft carriers.
Vertical Launching System
In addition to the added radarRadar
Radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio...
capability, the Ticonderoga class built after the Thomas S. Gates are outfitted with two Vertical Launching System
Vertical Launching System
A vertical launching system is a system for holding and firing missiles on surface ships and submarines used by many navies around the world. Each VLS system consists of a number of cells, which can hold one or more missiles ready for firing...
s (or VLS). The two VLS allow the ship to have 122 missile storage and launching tubes that can carry a wide variety of missiles, including the Tomahawk
BGM-109 Tomahawk
The Tomahawk is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile. Introduced by General Dynamics in the 1970s, it was designed as a medium- to long-range, low-altitude missile that could be launched from a surface platform. It has been improved several times and, by way of corporate divestitures...
cruise missile
Cruise missile
A cruise missile is a guided missile that carries an explosive payload and is propelled, usually by a jet engine, towards a land-based or sea-based target. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high accuracy...
, the Standard
RIM-66 Standard
The RIM-66 Standard MR is a medium range surface-to-air missile originally developed for the United States Navy . The SM-1 was developed as a replacement for the RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-24 Tartar that were deployed in the 1950s on a variety of USN ships...
surface-to-air missile
Surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile or ground-to-air missile is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles...
, the Evolved Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile
Surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile or ground-to-air missile is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles...
, and the ASROC
ASROC
ASROC is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed on over 200 USN surface ships, specifically cruisers, destroyers, and frigates...
anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
missile. More importantly, the VLS enables all missiles to be on full stand-by at any given time, shortening the ship's response time. The original five warship
Warship
A warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat. Warships are usually built in a completely different way from merchant ships. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster and more maneuvrable than merchant ships...
s, including the Thomas S. Gates, had Mk 26 twin-arm launchers which limited their missile capacity to a total of 88 missiles, and could not fire the Tomahawk missile. After the end of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
, the lower capabilities of the original five warships limited them to duties close to the home waters of the U.S. These ship's cluttered superstructure, inherited from the Spruance class
Spruance class destroyer
The Spruance-class destroyer was developed by the United States to replace a large number of World War II-built Allen M. Sumner- and Gearing-class destroyers, and was the primary destroyer built for the U.S. Navy during the 1970s....
destroyer
Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
s, required two of their external radar units to be mounted on a special pallet on the portside aft corner of the superstructure, with the other two mounted on the forward starboard corner. Later AEGIS warships, designed from-the-keel-up to carry the SPY-1 radars, have them all clustered together. The high weight of the ships - 1,500 tons heavier than the "Spru-cans", resulted in a highly-stressed hull and some structural problems in early service, which were generally corrected in the late 1980s and mid-1990s. Several ships had superstructure cracks which had to be repaired.
Upgrade
Originally, the Navy had intended to replace its fleet of Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers with cruisers produced as part of the CG(X) missile cruiser programCG(X)
The CG program, also known as the Next Generation Cruiser program, was a US Navy program to replace its 22 Ticonderoga class cruisers after 2017. Original plans were for 18-19 ships, based on the 14,500 ton Zumwalt class destroyer but providing ballistic missile defense and area air defense...
; however, severe budget cuts from the 21st century surface combatant program
SC21 (United States)
SC-21 was a program started in 1994 to design land attack ships for the United States Navy. A wide variety of designs were examined, including an arsenal ship with 500 cruise missiles, but eventually a "tumblehome" design of around 16,000 tons with two long-range guns and 128 missile tubes...
coupled with the increasing cost of the guided missile destroyer
Guided missile destroyer
A guided missile destroyer is a destroyer designed to launch guided missiles. Many are also equipped to carry out anti-submarine, anti-air, and anti-surface operations. In the U.S...
program have led to widespread rumors that the CG(X) program was canceled. The Ticonderoga class will instead be replaced by Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyer
Arleigh Burke class destroyer
The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers is the United States Navy's first class of destroyer built around the Aegis combat system and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar. The class is named for Admiral Arleigh "31-Knot" Burke, the most famous American destroyer officer of...
s.
All five of the twin-arm (Mk-26) cruisers have been decommissioned. In 2003, the newer 22 of the 27 ships (CG-52 to CG-73) in the class were upgraded to keep them combat-relevant, giving the ships a service life of 35 years each. In the years leading up to their decommissioning, the five twin-arm ships had been assigned primarily home-waters duties, acting as command ships for destroyer squadrons assigned to the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic areas.
Iran Air Flight 655 Shot Down
One ship of the class, the , became infamous in 1988 when she shot down Iran Air Flight 655Iran Air Flight 655
Iran Air Flight 655 was a civilian jet airliner shot down by U.S. missiles on 3 July 1988, over the Strait of Hormuz, toward the end of the Iran–Iraq War...
, resulting in 290 civilian fatalities, which the captain of the Vincennes, William C. Rogers III
William C. Rogers III
William C. Rogers III, is a former officer in the United States Navy, most notable as the captain of USS Vincennes, a Ticonderoga class Aegis cruiser...
, had believed from reports of (misinterpreted) radar returns to be an Iranian Air Force
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force ' is the aviation branch of the Iranian armed forces. The present Air Force came into being in the early 1980s when the former Imperial Iranian Air Force was renamed....
F-14 Tomcat
F-14 Tomcat
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental program following the collapse of the F-111B project...
jet fighter on an attack vector. The USS Vincennes was decommissioned in 2005.
Interception of United States satellite USA-193
On February 14, 2008, the United States Department of DefenseUnited States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
announced that the and would attempt to hit the dead satellite USA-193 in the north Pacific just prior to burn up during a period after February 20 using a modified SM-3 missile. On February 20, 2008, at approximately 22:30 EST (21 Feb, 03:30 UTC), the missile was fired from Lake Erie and later confirmed to have struck the satellite. The military intended that the kinetic energy of the missile would rupture the hydrazine
Hydrazine
Hydrazine is an inorganic compound with the formula N2H4. It is a colourless flammable liquid with an ammonia-like odor. Hydrazine is highly toxic and dangerously unstable unless handled in solution. Approximately 260,000 tons are manufactured annually...
fuel tank allowing the toxic fuel to be consumed during re-entry. The Department of Defense later confirmed that the fuel tank had been directly hit by the missile.
Ships in class
| Name | Number | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status | Link |
| Mark-26 Twin-Arm Launcher Variant | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CG-47 | Ingalls Shipbuilding Ingalls Shipbuilding Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, originally established in 1938, and is now part of Huntington Ingalls Industries... |
25 April 1981 | 22 January 1983 | 30 September 2004 | Stricken, available for donation as a museum and memorial | http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg47.htm | |
| CG-48 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 17 January 1983 | 4 July 1984 | 10 December 2004 | Stricken, to be disposed of | http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg48.htm | |
| CG-49 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 14 January 1984 | 6 July 1985 | 29 June 2005 | Stricken, scrapped in Brownsville, TX NOV 2010-APR 2011 | http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg49.htm | |
| CG-50 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 23 June 1984 | 18 January 1986 | 30 August 2004 | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, sunk in a target practice | http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg50.htm | |
| CG-51 | Bath Iron Works Bath Iron Works Bath Iron Works is a major American shipyard located on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine, United States. Since its founding in 1884 , BIW has built private, commercial and military vessels, most of which have been ordered by the United States Navy... |
14 December 1985 | 22 August 1987 | 16 December 2005 | Stricken, to be disposed of | http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg51.htm | |
| Name | Number | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Home port | Status | Link |
| Mark-41 Vertical Launch System Variant | |||||||
| CG-52 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 11 March 1985 | 20 September 1986 | San Diego, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg52.htm | ||
| CG-53 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 22 August 1985 | 21 February 1987 | San Diego, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg53.htm | ||
| CG-54 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 14 February 1986 | 6 June 1987 | San Diego, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg54.htm | ||
| CG-55 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 20 June 1986 | 26 September 1987 | Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia, is a base of the United States Navy, supporting naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean... , Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg55.htm | ||
| CG-56 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 14 November 1986 | 23 January 1988 | Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia, is a base of the United States Navy, supporting naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean... , Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg56.htm | ||
| CG-57 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 3 April 1987 | 12 August 1988 | San Diego, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg57.htm | ||
| CG-58 | Bath Iron Works | 12 July 1987 | 18 March 1989 | Mayport Naval Station Mayport Naval Station Mayport is a major United States Navy base in Jacksonville, Florida. It contains a military airfield with one asphalt paved runway measuring 8,001 x 200 ft. .... , Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg58.htm | ||
| CG-59 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 2 October 1987 | 11 February 1989 | San Diego, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg59.htm | ||
| CG-60 | Bath Iron Works | 19 March 1988 | 9 December 1989 | Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia, is a base of the United States Navy, supporting naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean... , Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg60.htm | ||
| CG-61 | Bath Iron Works | 23 October 1988 | 16 June 1990 | Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia, is a base of the United States Navy, supporting naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean... , Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg61.htm | ||
| CG-62 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 15 July 1988 | 4 November 1989 | San Diego, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg62.htm | ||
| CG-63 | Bath Iron Works | 11 March 1989 | 9 March 1991 | Yokosuka United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, or Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka is a United States Navy base, in Yokosuka, Japan. Its mission is to maintain and operate base facilities for the logistic, recreational, administrative support and service of the U.S. Naval Forces Japan, U.S. 7th Fleet and... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg63.htm | ||
| CG-64 | Bath Iron Works | 22 July 1989 | 22 June 1991 | Mayport Naval Station Mayport Naval Station Mayport is a major United States Navy base in Jacksonville, Florida. It contains a military airfield with one asphalt paved runway measuring 8,001 x 200 ft. .... , Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg64.htm | ||
| CG-65 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 1 September 1989 | 12 January 1991 | Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, known to Hawaiians as Puuloa, is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet... , Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of... |
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| CG-66 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 1 June 1990 | 14 September 1991 | Mayport Naval Station Mayport Naval Station Mayport is a major United States Navy base in Jacksonville, Florida. It contains a military airfield with one asphalt paved runway measuring 8,001 x 200 ft. .... , Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg66.htm | ||
| CG-67 | Bath Iron Works | 8 September 1990 | 18 July 1992 | Yokosuka United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, or Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka is a United States Navy base, in Yokosuka, Japan. Its mission is to maintain and operate base facilities for the logistic, recreational, administrative support and service of the U.S. Naval Forces Japan, U.S. 7th Fleet and... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg67.htm | ||
| CG-68 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 2 November 1990 | 2 May 1992 | Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia, is a base of the United States Navy, supporting naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean... , Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg68.htm | ||
| CG-69 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 2 August 1991 | 14 November 1992 | Mayport Naval Station Mayport Naval Station Mayport is a major United States Navy base in Jacksonville, Florida. It contains a military airfield with one asphalt paved runway measuring 8,001 x 200 ft. .... , Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg69.htm | ||
| CG-70 | Bath Iron Works | 13 July 1991 | 10 May 1993 | Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, known to Hawaiians as Puuloa, is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet... , Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of... |
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| CG-71 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 10 January 1992 | 12 June 1993 | San Diego, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg71.htm | ||
| CG-72 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 13 June 1992 | 18 September 1993 | Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia, is a base of the United States Navy, supporting naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean... , Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there... |
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/cg72.htm | ||
| CG-73 | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 20 November 1992 | 4 July 1994 | Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, known to Hawaiians as Puuloa, is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet... , Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of... |
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