Ticonderoga class - CG - Guided-Missile Cruiser IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NVFP Shipyard: Ingalls Shipbuilding See Also: CV Essex (long hull) class CVS-45 CV Essex (long hull) class LPH-8 Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStruckFate: sunkDeployment History of USS Valley Forge CG-50 1981-aug-28OrderedOrdered as DDG-50 1983-apr-14Laid downLaid down 1984-jun-23LaunchedLaunched 1986-jan-18CommissionedCommissioned 1991-febDeploymentDeployment Operation Desert Shield/Storm Relieved the USS Princeton after she was damaged by two mines in the Persian Gulf 1999-oct-09DeploymentDeployment Oakland Harbor Pier 68 San Francisco Fleet Week 1999 Present for Fleet Week 1999. HSL-49 SH-60B 162109 / 102 embarked. 2004-aug-30DecommissionedDecommissioned 2004-aug-30StruckStruck 2006Fate: sunkFate: sunk as target near Kauai, Hawaii Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Ticonderoga class 400crew 9600full load (tn) 173length (m) 16.80beam (m) 10.20draught (m) 6000range (nm) 32max speed (knots) 4Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500 2Naval Engine propulsion system: COGOG 2Missile Launcher Mk 141 quad Harpoon 2Missile Launcher Mk 26 2Naval Gun Mark 45 5/54 inch (127mm) 2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm 2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm 1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPY-1 AEGIS Aircraft Typical Max US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 12 Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding,
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