USS Philippine Sea (CG-58)

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The Philippine Sea in Port Everglades
The Philippine Sea in Port Everglades
Overview
Order December 27, 1983
Keel laying April 8, 1986
Launch July 12, 1987
1. Period of service flag
Commissioning March 18, 1989
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

The USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) is a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy of the Ticonderoga-class cruiser . Its name is derived from the battle in the Philippine Sea .

history

CG-58 was commissioned in late 1983 and laid down at Bath Iron Works in 1986 . In the summer of 1987 the ship was launched and was christened. In 1989 the Philippine Sea was put into service.

The cruiser's first mission was a war mission. In 1990 the Philippine Sea was used as part of Operation Desert Storm . During the war, the crew controlled several civilian ships in the Red Sea and fired ten BGM-109 Tomahawk at targets in Iraq. In 1991, the ship served as the flagship for anti-drug smuggling operations in the Caribbean. In 1992 the second voyage to the Mediterranean and the Red Sea followed. In 1993 the Philippine Sea docked in the Boston Naval Shipyard for overhaul .

The cruiser then moved to the Mediterranean as escort of the USS Saratoga (CV-60) , followed in 1994 in the Caribbean and in 1995 in the Baltic Sea. In 1996 the Philippine Sea moved to the Mediterranean with the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) . In 1999 the ship fired tomahawks at targets in Kosovo, then in 2001 at targets in Afghanistan. In 2003 the ship supported Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom . Further counterterrorism voyages followed in May 2005 and June 2006. In February 2008, the Philippine Sea began laying alongside the USS Nassau (LHA-4) .

On September 15, 2012, the ashes of Neil Armstrong from the deck of the Philippine Sea in the Atlantic were given to the sea .

On September 22, 2014, the USS Philippine Sea and the destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) kicked off Operation Inherent Resolve to combat terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) in the Red Sea with the downing of BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles .

Web links

Commons : USS Philippine Sea (CG-58)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files