Bow, USS Valley Forge (CG-50), Ship, (Aegis), USN, Photo

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Code Number:: MYNV05P10_18BW
Title:: Bow, USS Valley Forge (CG-50), Ship, Ticonderoga-class cruiser, Aegis combat system, Pacific Ocean; Awarded: August 28, 1981
Keel laid: April 14, 1983
Launched: June 23, 1984
Commissioned: January 18, 1986
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Blades on each Propeller: five
Length: 567 feet (173 meters)
Beam: 55 feet (16,8 meters)
Draft: 34 feet (10,2 meters)
Displacement: approx. 9,600 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Cost: about $1 billion
Aircraft: two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS 3)
Armament: two Mk 26 missile launchers for Standard missiles and ASROC, Mk 46, torpedoes, Harpoon missile launchers, two Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, two Phalanx CIWS
Homeport: San Diego, California
Crew: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers and approx. 324 Enlisted
Keywords:: Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, (Aegis), warship, USN, United States Navy, Ship, vessel, hull, maritime, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
Image by:: Wernher Krutein

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Code Number:: MYNV05P10_18BW
Title:: Bow, USS Valley Forge (CG-50), Ship, Ticonderoga-class cruiser, Aegis combat system, Pacific Ocean; Awarded: August 28, 1981
Keel laid: April 14, 1983
Launched: June 23, 1984
Commissioned: January 18, 1986
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Blades on each Propeller: five
Length: 567 feet (173 meters)
Beam: 55 feet (16,8 meters)
Draft: 34 feet (10,2 meters)
Displacement: approx. 9,600 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Cost: about $1 billion
Aircraft: two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS 3)
Armament: two Mk 26 missile launchers for Standard missiles and ASROC, Mk 46, torpedoes, Harpoon missile launchers, two Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, two Phalanx CIWS
Homeport: San Diego, California
Crew: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers and approx. 324 Enlisted
Keywords:: Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, (Aegis), warship, USN, United States Navy, Ship, vessel, hull, maritime, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
Image by:: Wernher Krutein
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