USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51)

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USS Thomas S. Gates getting underway from Naval Station Pascagoula

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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 (19591961).

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Crest of the USS Thomas S. Gates


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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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

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