USS Vicksburg (CG-69)
USS Vicksburg in June 2007 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| 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 |
| Stricken | 26 July 2024 |
| Homeport | |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Key to Victory |
| Status | Stricken, Final Disposition Pending |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 & 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) was a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser that served in the United States Navy. She was named for the Siege of Vicksburg fought during the American Civil War.
Vicksburg was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, at Pascagoula, Mississippi and commissioned on 14 November 1992. The ship first deployed in 1994 and last deployed in 2015. Vicksburg was decommissioned 28 June 2024 after spending 8 years in the Navy's Cruiser Modernization program.
Vicksburg was equipped with the Aegis Combat System and was capable of facing threats in the air, on the sea, ashore, and underneath the sea. She was also capable of carrying two SH-60 Sea Hawk Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS III) helicopters.
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.