History: Ticonderoga class cruiser
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| Builders: | Ingalls Shipbuilding Bath Iron Works | |||||
| Operators: | United States Navy | |||||
| Preceeded by: | Virginia class | |||||
| Succeeded by: | CG(X) | |||||
| Cost: | ~US$ 1 billion | |||||
| Built: | 1980 - 1994 | |||||
| In commission: | since 1983 | |||||
| Completed: | 27 | |||||
| Active: | 22 | |||||
| Laid up: | 4 | |||||
| Retired: | 5 (CG-47 to CG51) | |||||
| Type : | Guided missile cruiser | |||||
| Displacement : | Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load | |||||
| Length : | 567 feet (173 m) | |||||
| Beam : | 55 feet (16.8 meters) | |||||
| Draft : | 34 feet (10.2 meters) | |||||
| Propulsion : | @propulsion@ | |||||
| Speed : | @speed@ | |||||
| Range : | @range@ | |||||
| Complement : | @complement@ | |||||
| Ship systems : | @systems@ | |||||
| Electronic warfare : | @ewarfare@ | |||||
| Armament : | @armament@ | |||||
| Armor : | @armor@ | |||||
| Aircraft carried : | @aircraftcarried@ | |||||
The Ticonderoga class is a class guided missile cruisers in service with the United States Navy. They were first ordered and authorized in the 1978 fiscal year. One of the main characteristics of the ships in this class is that they use passive phased-array radar. Another interesting fact is that they were originally planned as a class of destroyers but the increased capabilities offered by the Aegis Combat System and the AN/SPY-1 radar justified the reclassification from DDG - Guided missile destroyer to CG - Guided missile cruiser.
Table of contents
History
Design and construction
Naming
Technology
Operational Service
Incidents
Iran Air Flight 655 incident
One major incident in which a ship of this class was involved is the shooting down of Iran Air Flight 655. On 3 July 1988 the crew of the USS Vincennes CG-49 mistakenly identified an Iran Air civilian aircraft as an attacking F14A Tomcat fighter and shot it down. All 290 civilian passengers on the aircraft lost their lives.Ships in class
See also
Further reading
Guided missile cruiser
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