USS Valley Forge (CG-50)
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| Missing image USSValleyForgeCG-50.jpg USS Valley Forge USS Valley Forge underway from San Diego | |
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| Ordered: | 28 August 1981 |
| Laid down: | 14 April 1983 |
| Launched: | 23 June 1984 |
| Commissioned: | 18 January 1986 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 August 2004 |
| Status: | Decommissioned awaiting disposal |
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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 |
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| Complement: | 387 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x Mk 26 missile launchers, 88 x RIM-67 SM-2, 8 x AGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 x 5 in, 2–4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-2 Seasprite helicopters |
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USS Valley Forge (CG-50) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. It is named for Valley Forge, where the Continental Army camped during one winter in the American Revolution. The first warship with the AEGIS combat system to be withdrawn from service. The ship was decommissioned on 31 August 2004 at San Diego Naval Station.
External Links
- USS Valley Forge webpage (http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg50.html)
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
| 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 |