USS Antietam (CG-54)
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| Missing image USSAntietamCG-54.jpg USS Antietam USS Antietam sails off the coast of San Diego | |
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| Ordered: | 20 June 1983 |
| Laid down: | 15 November 1984 |
| Launched: | 14 February 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 6 June 1987 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Template:Active in service |
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| 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 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 122 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, 8 x AGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 x 5 in (127 mm), 2 x 25 mm, 2–4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
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USS Antietam (CG-54), named for the site of a battle between Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee and Union forces under Major General George McClellan on 17 and 18 September 1862, is a Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser laid down by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula in Mississippi on 15 November 1984, launched on 14 February 1986 and commissioned on 6 June 1987. Antietam operates out of San Diego in California.
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USSAntietamCG54hardturn.jpg
USS Antietam (CG-54) makes a hard turn to starboard
External links
- Official web site (http://www.cg54.navy.mil/)
- Naval Vessel Register entry for USS Antietam (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CG54.htm)
- united-states-navy.com: USS Antietam (http://united-states-navy.com/cg/cg54.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 |