USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Lake Champlain.

USS Lake Champlain
History
United States
NameLake Champlain
NamesakeBattle of Lake Champlain
Awarded16 December 1983
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Laid down3 March 1986
Launched3 April 1987
Acquired1 June 1988
Commissioned12 August 1988
Decommissioned1 September 2023[1]
HomeportNB Kitsap-Bremerton
Identification
MottoIngenuity Daring Discipline[2]
StatusOut of service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeTiconderoga-class cruiser
DisplacementApprox. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
Length567 feet (173 m)
Beam55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft34 feet (10.2 meters)
Propulsion
Speed32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Complement30 officers and 300 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters.

USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is the third US Naval ship to be named Lake Champlain, in honor of Battle of Lake Champlain, which took place during the War of 1812.

Lake Champlain was laid down 3 March 1986, at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, launched 3 April 1987, and commissioned 12 August 1988, at Intrepid Pier at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City. She then steamed to her homeport of San Diego, via Cape Horn, South America, losing part of her hurricane bulwark in heavy seas.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference navy1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Official ships history: "Ingenuity, Daring, Discipline" – The Motto of LAKE CHAMPLAIN". lake-champlain.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. ^ Martin, R.K. (22 February 1990). "1989 Command History" (PDF). Retrieved 2 September 2023.