USS Leyte Gulf on 22 February 2004
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Leyte Gulf |
Namesake | Battle of Leyte Gulf |
Ordered | 20 June 1983 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 18 March 1985 |
Launched | 20 June 1986 |
Commissioned | 26 September 1987 |
Decommissioned | 20 September 2024 |
Homeport | Norfolk |
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Motto | Arrayed For Victory |
Nickname(s) | Double Nickel, America's Battle Cruiser |
Status | Out of service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
Displacement | Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load |
Length | 565 feet (172 meters) She lost 2 feet after colliding with USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) |
Beam | 55 feet (16.8 meters) |
Draft | 34 feet (10.2 meters) |
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Speed | 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Complement | 30 officers and 300 enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. |
USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She was named in memory of the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific. She is powered by four large gas-turbine engines, and she has a large complement of guided missiles for air defense, attack of surface targets at sea and ashore, and anti-submarine warfare (ASW). In addition, she carries two "Seahawk" LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters, whose primary mission is ASW.
Leyte Gulf was laid down by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 18 March 1985, launched on 20 June 1986, and commissioned on 26 September 1987 at Port Everglades, Florida.[1][2]
Leyte Gulf was decommissioned Friday September 20th, 2024 at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.[3]