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USS Philippine Sea (CG-58)

Career
Ordered: 27 December 1983
Laid down: 8 April 1986
Launched: 12 July 1987
Commissioned: 18 March 1989
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, 2–4 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:

USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. It is named for the Battle of the Philippine Sea during World War II.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.

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Ticonderoga-class cruiser
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