Ticonderoga VLS class - CG - Guided-Missile Cruiser IMO: 4676651 MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NCOW Shipyard: Bath Iron Works Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedDeploymentHomeport History of USS Cowpens CG-63 1986-jan-08OrderedOrdered 1987-dec-23Laid downLaid down 1989-mar-11LaunchedLaunched 1991-mar-09CommissionedCommissioned 2007-sep-04DeploymentDeployment 7th Fleet Exercise Malabar 07-2 Participated in multi-national exercise in Bay of Bengal, until 9 Sep. 2011-marDeploymentDeployment Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Operation Tomodachi - Tohoku Earthquake Relief Contributed to Earthquake and Tsunami relief operations off Japanese east coast. 2013-febHomeportHomeport Naval Base San Diego now based at NS San Diego, following a crew swap in Japan, with USS Antietam. 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 2024-aug-27DecommissionedDecommissioned Naval Base San Diego at San Diego. 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 Bath Iron Works,