USS Monterey (CG-61)
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| Missing image USSMontereyCG-61.jpg USS Monterey USS Monterey departs Souda Bay on the island of Crete in Greece. | |
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| Ordered: | 26 November 1984 |
| Laid down: | 19 August 1987 |
| Launched: | 23 October 1988 |
| Commissioned: | 16 June 1990 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Template:Active in service |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,600 tons |
| Length: | 567 ft (173 m) |
| Beam: | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Draught: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
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| 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 inch (100 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 Monterey (CG-61) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Monterey during the Mexican-American War.
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Crest of USS Monterey
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
External links
- Official web site (http://www.monterey.navy.mil)
- USS Monterey webpage (http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg61.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 |