CLASS - TICONDEROGA (Flight II)
Displacement 9,589 (FL) Tons, Dimensions, 565' 10" (oa) x 55' x 31' 6" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54RF, 2 VLS, (122 Missiles)
2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 x 25mm Bushmaster mg. 6 x12.75" TT. 2 LAMPS Helos.
Machinery, 80,000 SHP; G.E. Gas Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 30+ Knots, Crew 370. Operational and Building Data
Fabrication commencement 03 AUG 1987 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS
Keel laid on 22 JUL 1988
Launched 01 SEP 1989
Christened 14 OCT 1989
Commissioned 12 JAN 1991
SLEP Induction JUL 2016 Home port: Pearl Harbor, HI
Best Friends BM1 now BMC (CS or CM??)Rivera, BM1 Walker now BMC, BMC Malamala, Hawaiian guy oh sorry Tongan. There is one more BM1 now BMC but my drugged up mind can't ge his name. But he was the best made Chief transfer to WA.