USS Gettysburg (CG-64)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 8 January 1986 |
| Laid down: | 17 August 1988 |
| Launched: | 2 July 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 2 June 1991 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2005. |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,600 tons |
| Length: | 567 ft |
| Beam: | 55 ft |
| Draught: | 33 ft |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 387 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 122 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, 8 x AGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 24 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
| Motto: | Deeds Not Words |
USS Gettysburg (CG-64) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. She is homeported in Mayport Florida.
The crest of USS Gettysburg
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
Gettysburg in fiction
- In Tom Clancy's novel The Bear and the Dragon, Gettysburg succsessfully intercepted a Chinese ICBM just before it detonated over Washington D.C.
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