USS TICONDEROGA was the lead ship of the TICONDEROGA - class of guided missile cruisers and the fifth ship in the Navy to bear the name. She was the world's first warship equipped with the AEGIS combat system. USS TICONDEROGA was decommissioned on September 30, 2004, and is now berthed at the Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, Penn.
General Characteristics:
Launched: April 25, 1981
Commissioned: January 22, 1983
Decommissioned: September 30, 2004
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Blades on each Propeller: five
Speed: 30+ knots
Cost: about $1 billion
Aircraft: two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS 3)
Armament: two Mk 26 missile launchers Standard missiles and ASROC, Mk 46 torpedoes, Harpoon missile launchers two Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, two Phalanx CIWS
Homeport: Pascagoula, Miss.
Crew: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers and approx. 324 Enlisted
Specifications
General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 14.5ft (4.4m)
- Length 100.3ft (30.6m)
- Height 34.5ft (10.5m)
- Empty Weight 37,362lbs (16,947kg)
- Loaded Weight 52,311lbs (23,728kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.042
- Wing Loading 147.1lbs/ft2 (718.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 355.7ft2 (33.0m2)
- Drag Points 23661
Parts
- Number of Parts 411
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,789
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