Ticonderoga VLS class - CG - Guided-Missile Cruiser IMO: 4676572 MMSI: 368846000 Flight Deck: Call Sign: NLEG Shipyard: Ingalls Shipbuilding Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDeployment History of USS Leyte Gulf CG-55 1983-jun-20OrderedOrdered 1985-mar-18Laid downLaid down 1986-jun-20LaunchedLaunched 1987-sep-26CommissionedCommissioned 2014-mar-31DeploymentDeployment North Western Approaches Exercise Joint Warrior 14-1 JW 14-1 2017-aug-01DeploymentDeployment North Western Approaches Exercise Saxon Warrior 17 participated in NATO exercise 2018-feb-05DeploymentDeployment Accident Minor collision with USNS Robert E Peary off coast of Florida while conducting RAS training. 2024-jan-24DeploymentDeployment NS Norfolk departed NS Norfolk for 4th Fleet area of operations, with HSM-50 embarked. Returned to Norfolk on 17 May. Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event