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CG 47 Ticonderoga
IOC: 1983
Total Production: 27
Total Program's Cost: USD$27 billion
CG 47 (VLS)
IOC: 1986
Production: 22
Unitary Cost: USD$1.0 billion
Origin
United States of America
Contractor/s
General Dynamics
Northrop Grumman
Family Members
CG 47 Ticonderoga
Guided Missiles:
RGM-84D Harpoon (8)
RUM-139 VL ASROC
Tactical Tomahawk
Tomahawk Block II
Tomahawk Block III
SAM & ABM Missiles:
Standard SM-2 Block IIIB
Standard SM-2 Block IV
Standard SM-2 Block IVA
Aircraft, Vehicles & Crafts:
SH-60B Seahawk (2)
Power plant:
LM2500 (4)
Sensors & Communications:
AN/SPY-1B (4)
AN/SQS-53C
AN/SPQ-9A
Guns & Missile Launchers:
AEGIS
Mk 15 Phalanx Block 0 (2)
Mk 41 Strike Length
Mk 45 (2)
Protection Systems:
AN/SLQ-25A SSTD
AN/SQQ-89
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Description:
The CG 47 Ticonderoga class cruisers were designed to perform anti-air warfare (AAW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and anti-ship warfare (ASW) supporting carrier strike groups, amphibious forces, or operating independently and as flagships of surface action groups. These ships can be armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles achieving a long range strike capability.
The Ticonderoga-class cruisers were the first US Navy to be equipped with the AEGIS combat system. The SPY-1 radar and the Standard SM-2 missiles give to the Ticonderoga cruisers and unprecedented anti-air warfare capability, even against multiple airborne threats. Ticonderoga cruisers were employed for the first time during operation Desert Storm against Iraq. Since then, the Ticonderoga cruisers have been deployed in several conflicts demonstrating their capabilities as fleet escort and their land-attack capability using Tomahawk cruise missiles.
CG 52 through CG 73 were equipped with the Mk 41 vertical launch system instead of Mk 26 ramps. CG 52 through CG 58 feature the SPY-1A radar system. The remaining ships feature the more capable SPY-1B radar system.
Starting in 2004 the US Navy began decommissioning the early Ticonderoga-class cruisers from service and upgrading those ships (22) of the same class which were originally equipped with VLS in lieu of missile ramps.
Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 364
Guns: Main Gun Caliber 127 mm
Number of Weapons: 130
Dimensions: Height 16.8 m, Length 173 m
Weights: Max Weight 9,600 t
Performance: Service Life 35 yr, Top Speed 15 mps (30 kt)
Power: Power 80,000 shp
Other: Number of Engines 4, Torpedo Tubes 6
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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)
Last Updated: Friday, October 10, 2008
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