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USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) is a Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser on active service in the United States Navy.She is named for the Battle of the Philippine Sea during World War II and is the second ship to bear the name.
USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) was a Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser that served in the United States Navy from 1987 to 2023. She is named for the naval Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War in 1864.
With the exception of the purpose-built nuclear powered guided missile cruiser Long Beach, all of the early guided missile cruisers were converted heavy or light cruisers from the World War II era. The early conversions were heavy (CAG) and light (CLG) 'single-enders' which placed the missile facilities aft and conservatively retained their ...
The Ticonderoga class was originally ordered as guided-missile destroyers, with the designation DDG-47. Under Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt's "high-low mix", the Ticonderogas were intended to be lower-cost platforms for the new Aegis Combat System by mounting the system on a hull based on that of the Spruance-class destroyer.
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln follows the guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George in the Strait of Hormuz in May 2012. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alex R ...
USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), was an aircraft carrier in service from 1946 to 1958 USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) , is a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1989 and in active service List of ships with the same or similar names
The US's Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, at left, is now rivaled, if not topped, by China's Type 055 "Renhai" cruiser. Lt.j.g Samuel Hardgrove/US Navy and Sun Zifa/China News Service via ...
Philippine Sea received nine battle stars for Korean War service. During her career, she logged 82,000 launches, including 33,575 catapult shots, and 82,813 landings. In April 1987, a new USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) was launched, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser.