&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Valley_Forge_(CG_50)_passes_by_the_San_Diego_skyline.jpg) USS Valley Forge in San Diego on 2 November 2002
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| History | |
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| Name | Valley Forge |
| Namesake | Valley Forge |
| Ordered | 28 August 1981 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 14 April 1983 |
| Launched | 23 June 1984 |
| Christened | 29 September 1984 |
| Commissioned | 18 January 1986 |
| Decommissioned | 30 August 2004 |
| Stricken | 30 August 2004 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | First In War - First In Peace |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 2 November 2006 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
| Displacement | Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load |
| Length | 567 feet (173 m) |
| Beam | 55 feet (16.8 meters) |
| Draft | 34 feet (10.2 meters) |
| Propulsion |
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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. |
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USS Valley Forge (CG-50) was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She was named for Valley Forge, where the Continental Army camped during one winter in the American Revolution.