USS Cape St. George (CG-71)
 The Cape St. George in 2000 when returning from a deployment ride |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | February 25, 1988 |
| Keel laying | November 19, 1990 |
| Launch | January 10, 1992 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | June 13, 1993 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
9750 tons |
| length |
173 meters |
| width |
16.80 meters |
| Draft |
10.2 meters |
| crew |
approx. 390 |
| drive |
Four gas turbines, two shafts with a total of 80,000 hp |
| speed |
30+ knots |
| Armament |
2 launchers for anti-ship missiles, 2 triple torpedo launchers, 2 guns 127 mm, 122 VLS cells |
| motto |
Always Victorious |
The USS Cape St. George (CG-71) is a guided missile cruiser of the Ticonderoga-class cruiser .
history
The Cape St. George was commissioned by Ingalls Shipbuilding in 1988 and laid down there in 1990. The launch took place on January 10, 1992 and Mrs. Doris Hekman was baptized on April 11, 1992. After 14 months the cruiser was put into service with the United States Navy . The ship's name is derived from the Battle of Cape St. George in World War II , in which Navy destroyers under Captain Arleigh Burke defeated Japanese destroyers.
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In 2003, Cape St. George took part in Operation Iraqi Freedom and was the platform for launching BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles on targets in Iraq .
In May 2005, the Cape St. George was the first naval warship to receive certification to only use digital nautical charts ( Voyage Management System , part of the Smart Ship Project ). Since then, the approximately 12,000 paper cards have been replaced by 29 computer disks.
On March 18, 2006, the cruiser was involved in a battle with pirates together with the destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) about 25 miles off the coast of Somalia . One pirate was killed and five other men were wounded. These five and an additional seven pirates were captured, automatic weapons and anti-tank weapons were confiscated.
In May 2008, the cruiser moved alongside the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in the Western Pacific. In September 2010, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) was deployed to the Pacific and the Persian Gulf.
According to Jane's Information Group , the ship was due to be taken out of service in fiscal 2013 as part of savings, but this did not materialize. In June 2014, Cape St. George took part in exercise Rimpac in the Pacific with the 7th US Fleet . From October 27 to November 3, 2014, she stayed at the American military base in Yokosuka in Japan, before going to the port of Busan in South Korea. She returned to San Diego on January 16, 2015.
Web links
- Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)
- official ship website
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Navy Ships Return Fire on Suspected Pirates. United States Navy , March 18, 2006, accessed March 8, 2013 .