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General Background

The Ticonderoga Class ship was first conceived as a low cost, large production number vessel with a hull based on the Spruance Class Destroyer but later was redesigned as a cruiser. Over time the Ticonderoga Class evolved in to one of the most advanced ships in the USN inventory. The Ticonderoga Class was the first combat surface ship to be equipped with the AEGIS Weapon System that can detect threats 200 miles away and provide defense against the threat. Originally there were 27 ships built but 5 have been retired.

The Aircraft

The USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) was the fifth USN vessel to bear this name, named for the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 as well as the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) that was nearly sunk in WWII. The ships keel was laid on January 21, 1980 and on May 16, 1981 the ship was christened by First Lady Nancy Reagan. On January 22, 1983 USS Ticonderoga was commissioned and called Norfolk Virginia home until 1996 when it relocated to Pascagoula Mississippi. USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) was decommissioned on September 30, 2004.

Specifications :

First Entered Service:	1983
Crew:	387 Officers and Enlisted Members
Dimensions
Length:	566.9 ft (172.8 m)
Beam:	55.1 ft (16.8 m)
Draught:	31.2 ft (9.5 m)
Displacement (Fully Loaded):	9,960 Long Tons
Performance
Propulsion:	4 X General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbines Producing 80,000 shp To Two Reversible Pitch Propellers and Two Rudders
Speed :	32.5 knots (60 km/h / 37.4 mph)
Aircraft :	2 X Sikorsky SH-60B Seahawks
Armament:	First Five Vessels Equipped With 2 X Twin Mk 26 Missiles Launchers For Standard SM2-MR Missiles.
	From (CG-52) USS Bunker Hill Onward The 2 X Mk 26 Launchers And Magazines Were Replaced By 2 X Mk 41 Vertical Launchers
	68 X RIM-66 SM-2
	20 X RUR-5 ASROC
	8 X RGM-84 Harpoon Missiles
	2 X Mark 45 5 in / 54 cal Lightweight Gun
	2 to 4 X .50 cal (12.7 mm) Gun
	2 X Phalanx CIWS
	2 X Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) Triple Torpedo Tubes