Ticonderoga class - CG - Guided-Missile Cruiser IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NTSG Shipyard: Bath Iron Works Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStruck History of USS Thomas S. Gates CG-51 1982-may-20OrderedOrdered 1984-aug-31Laid downLaid down 1985-dec-14LaunchedLaunched 1987-aug-22CommissionedCommissioned 2005-dec-15DecommissionedDecommissioned 2005-dec-15StruckStruck 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 Bath Iron Works,