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| History | |
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| Name | Vicksburg |
| Namesake | Siege of Vicksburg |
| Ordered | 25 February 1988 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 30 May 1990 |
| Launched | 7 September 1991 |
| Sponsored by | Tricia Lott, wife of United States Senator Trent Lott |
| Christened | 12 October 1991 |
| Acquired | 21 September 1992 |
| Commissioned | 14 November 1992 |
| Decommissioned | 28 June 2024 |
| Renamed | 8 December 1989, from Port Royal |
| Homeport | |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Key to Victory |
| Badge | &sq=albert einstein&lang=en&file=File:USS_Vicksburg_CG-69_Crest.png) |
| 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 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. |
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USS Vicksburg (CG-69) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named for the Siege of Vicksburg fought during the American Civil War.[1]
Vicksburg was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, at Pascagoula, Mississippi and commissioned on 14 November 1992.[2]
With her guided missiles and rapid-fire cannons, Vicksburg is capable of facing threats in the air, on the sea, ashore, and underneath the sea. She is also capable of carrying two SH-60 Sea Hawk Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS III) helicopters.
Vicksburg was originally named Port Royal, but the name was changed before the keel was laid. She was the only Ticonderoga-class vessel to have a formal name change until USS Robert Smalls. CG-73 was later named Port Royal.[3]
The previous Vicksburg was a Cleveland-class light cruiser during and after World War II. Vicksburg's crest has two stars on the streamer in the eagle's beak representing the two battle stars awarded to her predecessor.[4]
- ^ "USS Vicksburg - Namesake". USS Vicksburg. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "United States Navy Ships Named After National Parks or Associated with National Park Sites". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2006.
- ^ "USS Vicksburg". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ "USS Vicksburg - Crest". USS Vicksburg. Retrieved 19 March 2023.