Ticonderoga VLS class - CG - Guided-Missile Cruiser IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NATM Shipyard: Ingalls Shipbuilding See Also: CV Essex (long hull) class CV-36 Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedPort VisitDeploymentAircraft History of USS Antietam CG-54 1983-jun-20OrderedOrdered 1984-nov-15Laid downLaid down 1986-feb-14LaunchedLaunched 1987-jun-06CommissionedCommissioned 1999-marAircraftAircraft on board SH-60 162980, 165107 2005-jun-24DeploymentDeployment Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 Present at Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, off Norris anchorage 2005-jul-01Port VisitPort Visit Present at International Festival of the Sea, Portsmouth 2013-jul-15DeploymentDeployment Coral Sea Talisman Saber 2013 2013-nov-20DeploymentDeployment Typhoon Haiyan relief operations ordered to Philippines in support of Typhoon Haiyan emergency operations as part of USS George Washington Carrier Group 2018-may-07DeploymentDeployment Conducted Freedom of Navigation cruise in South China Sea near the Paracel Group islands, together with USS Higgins. Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Ticonderoga VLS class 2Missile Launcher Mk 41 VLS 1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPY-1 AEGIS Aircraft Typical Max US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 22 Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding,