USS Lake Erie (CG-70)
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| Missing image USSLakeErieCG-70.jpg USS Lake Erie docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. | |
| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 25 February 1988 |
| Laid down: | 6 March 1990 |
| Launched: | 13 July 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 24 July 1993 |
| 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: | Don't Give Up the Ship |
USS Lake Erie (CG-70) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
External link
- Official web site (http://www.lake-erie.navy.mil/)
- USS Lake Erie webpage (http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg70.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 |