USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51)
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| Missing image USSThomasSGatesCG-51.jpg USS Thomas S. Gates getting underway from Naval Station Pascagoula | |
| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 20 May 1982 |
| Laid down: | 31 August 1984 |
| Launched: | 14 December 1985 |
| Commissioned: | 22 August 1987 |
| Status: | Template:Active in service |
| Homeport: | NS Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,600 tons |
| Length: | 567 ft (173 m) |
| Beam: | 55 ft (16.8 m) |
| Draught: | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 387 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × Mk 26 missile launchers, 88 × RIM-67 SM-2, 8 × AGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × 5 in, 2–4 × 12.7 mm guns, 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 × SH-2 Seasprite helicopters |
| Motto: | Defender of the Republic |
USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. The warship is named after Thomas S. Gates, Secretary of Defense in the last years of the Eisenhower Administration (1959–1961).
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Crest of the USS Thomas S. Gates
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References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register. Armament: 2 × Mk 26 missile launchers, 88 × RIM-67 SM-2, 8 × AGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × 5 in, 2–4 × 12.7 mm guns, 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes ( actually 2x mk32 SVTT (Surface Vessel Torpedo tubes) that Launch the MK 46 Light weight ASW torpedo) Aircraft: 2 × SH-2 Seasprite helicopters ( since SH-2 Have been decommisioned) it is now capable of carrying 2 x SH-60 Seahawk Helicopters) Jane's Fighting ships, and FAS.com
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External links
- USS Thomas S. Gates Official web site (http://www.gates.navy.mil/)
- navysite.de: USS Thomas S. Gates (http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg51.html)
| Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
| Ticonderoga | Yorktown | Vincennes | Valley Forge | Thomas S. Gates | Bunker Hill | Mobile Bay | Antietam | Leyte Gulf | San Jacinto | Lake Champlain | Philippine Sea | Princeton | Normandy | Monterey | Chancellorsville | Cowpens | Gettysburg | Chosin | Hue City | Shiloh | Anzio | Vicksburg | Lake Erie | Cape St. George | Vella Gulf | Port Royal |
| List of cruisers of the United States Navy |
