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- Code Number:
- MYNV05P10_18.1704
- Title:
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USS Valley Forge (CG-50), Ship, Ticonderoga-class cruiser, Aegis combat system
- 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:
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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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