The Ticonderoga class of guided-missile cruisers is a class of warships of the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in the 1978 fiscal year. It was originally planned as a class of destroyers.

The lead ship of the class, USS Ticonderoga (C G 47) through C G-51 have been decommissioned. Over the next several years, 22 Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers will undergo a...

USS SHILOH launched 14 Tomahawk cruise missiles to attack selected air defense targets south of the 33rd parallel in Iraq on 3 September 1996, as part of Operation Desert Strike.

USS Shiloh (CG-67) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named in remembrance of the Battle of Shiloh during the American Civil War. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. With her guided missiles and guns, she is capable of facing and defeating threats in the air, on or under the sea, and ashore.

The TICONDEROGA - class consists of the 27 most expensive cruisers and the most powerful surface combatants in service in the world. The high price of about $1 billion is a result of the AEGIS Combat System.

USS Ticonderoga (DDG/CG-47), nicknamed "Tico", was a guided missile cruiser built for the United States Navy. She was the lead ship of the Ticonderoga class and the first U.S. Navy combatant to incorporate the Aegis combat system.

The decision to install the first operational Aegis system in the CG-47-class cruisers, which are essentially modified Spruance (DD-963)-class destroyers, was an expedient to get the weapon system to sea in this decade. Aegis could have been deployed years ago but for the lack of …

Ticonderoga-class cruisers USS Shiloh (CG 67) and USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) were deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, carrying out a series of combat operations and Tomahawk cruise missile launches.

Jan 19, 2025 · The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) steam in formation during dual carrier operations with the Nimitz and Theodore Roosevelt Carrier …

USS Cowpens (CG-63) fires a Standard Missile at an airborne drone. An Overview and a List of the Ticonderoga Class Cruisers. Learn all about the United States' twelfth and final Guided Missile Cruiser Class here!