USS Gettysburg (CG-64)
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Missing image USSGettysburgCG-64.jpg USS Gettysburg in the | |
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| Ordered: | 8 January 1986 |
| Laid down: | 17 August 1988 |
| Launched: | 2 July 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 2 June 1991 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Template:Active in service |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,600 tons |
| Length: | 567 ft |
| Beam: | 55 ft |
| Draught: | 33 ft |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| 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, 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 |
| Motto: | Deeds Not Words |
USS Gettysburg (CG-64) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. She is homeported in Mayport Florida.
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The crest of USS Gettysburg
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
Gettysburg in fiction
- In Tom Clancy's novel The Bear and the Dragon, Gettysburg succsessfully intercepted a Chinese ICBM just before it detonated over Washington D.C.
External link
- Official web site (http://www.gettysburg.navy.mil/)
- USS Gettysburg webpage (http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg64.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 |