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USS TICONDEROGA (DDG/CG 47)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Tango - India - Charlie

CLASS - TICONDEROGA
Displacement 9,589 (FL) Tons, Dimensions, 565' 10" (oa) x 55' x 31' 6" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54RF, 2 Twin Missile Launchers, (88 Missiles) 8 Harpoon SSM 4x2,
2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 x 25mm Bushmaster mg. 6 x12.75" TT. 2 LAMPS Helos.
Machinery, 80,000 SHP; G.E. Gas Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 30+ Knots, Crew 370.

Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 27 JAN 1980 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, MS
Launched 25 APR 1981
Commissioned 22 JAN 1983
Decommissioned 30 SEP 2004
Stricken 30 SEP 2004
Fate: Moored at NISMF Philadelphia, PA - On donation hold as a Museum and Memorial.

Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
040147pro	325k	Ship's profile, as built, courtesy of John R. Barrett..	©John R. Barrett Navy Yard Associates
04014719	366k	Port bow view while on Builders Sea Trials in the Gulf of Mexico, 7 MAY 1982. Photo by Litton Shipbuilding Co.	Robert M. Cieri
04014720	416k	Starboard bow view while on Builders Sea Trials in the Gulf of Mexico, 7 MAY 1982. Photo by Litton Shipbuilding Co.	Robert M. Cieri
04014713	596k	Commissioning booklet, 22 JAN 1983	Robert M. Cieri
	62k	Bows on view.	USN
	37k	Port bow view, being floated off a floating drydock at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, MS.	John Hummel
	38k	Port bow view, being floated off a floating drydock at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, MS.	John Hummel
	25k	Starboard bow view, underway, date and location unknown. From the collection of Atlantic Fleet Sales.	Chester O. Morris
04014721		RIM-66 Standard MR/SM-2 missiles on a Mark 26 launcher, prior to being fired from the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) during tests near the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Photo taken by Don Muhm. (note that someone has left a bucket next to the launcher which will soon be blown over the side by the blast from the missile) DVIC photo #DN-SC-84-10094	Bill Gonyo
04014722	109k	8 October 1983 - A bow view of the destroyer USS Spruance (DD 963), left, and the guided-missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) moored at the destroyer and submarine piers, Naval Operating Base Norfolk. Although the superstructures are different, these ships use the same basic hull and propulsion plant. The destroyer tender USS Shenandoah (AD 44) appears in the background. U.S. Navy Photo #DN-ST-85-11657 by Don S. Montgomery.	Robert M. Cieri
		In 1984, USS Ticonderoga(CG 47) cruises off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon in support of Marines operating as part of a multinational peacekeeping force, marking the first deployment of an Aegis warship. The United States mission in Beirut suffered a severe blow when a terrorist bombing destroyed the Marine barracks. Ticonderoga steamed into harm's way and provided U.S. commanders with capabilities not found on any other single ship in the nation's arsenal. (JCCC)	Bill Gonyo/NavSea
	30k	Starboard bow, off the Virginia Capes. July 1985.	"© Atlantic Fleet Sales/Nobe Smith
04014715	484k	Welcome Aboard booklet, Circa 1986.	Robert M. Cieri
04014717	404k	Port side view while firing an SM-2 MR missile in 1986.	Robert M. Cieri
04014718	410k	Port side view while heading to New York City for Fleet Week, 28 APR 1989.	Robert M. Cieri
NS0259an	131k	USS Forrestal (CV 59) and Battle Group, 28 April 1989, en route to New York City for Fleet Week '89. Ships accompanying Forrestal can be identified as (clockwise from extreme left): USS McCloy (FF 1038), USS Fairfax County (LST 1193), USS Klakring (FFG 42), USS W.S. Sims (FF 1059) or USS Pharris (FF 1094), USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), USS Hayler (DD 997), W.S. Sims or Pharris, and USS Macdonough (DDG 39).	Ken Killmeyer, USS Forrestal Association historian
0599733	130k	3 May 1989 - A port bow view of the guided-missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) and the destroyer USS Hayler (DD 997) moored to the newly constructed Pier 1 on Staten Island during New York City Navy Fleet Week activities. U. S.Navy Photo #DN-SC-90-09343 by PHC Ed Bailey.	Robert M. Cieri
	37k	This picture was taken in 1990 somewhere in the Atlantic near Bermuda. I shot this during a VERTREP (vertical replenishment) with her. We were transferring COMDESRON 32 and staff	© Demetrius J. C. Carter, SM1 USN
04014714	173k	Change of Command booklet, 30 JUN 1993.	Robert M. Cieri
05015822	163k	NORFOLK, VA, 1 April 1996 - A port bow view of the guided-missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58), nested together at Norfolk Naval Operating Base. This view gives a side-by-side comparison of the two Aegis classes of warships. U.S. Navy photo #DN-SC-97-00787 by: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret).	Robert M. Cieri
	282k	12 December 2000 - The guided missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) gets underway from Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., for a scheduled deployment. . U.S. Navy photo #001212-N-1012K-501 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class J.B. Keefer.	U.S. Navy
04014716	347k	Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 2001.	Robert M. Cieri
05016445	132k	Atlantic Ocean, 18 January 2002 - (from lead, in foreground) USS Underwood (FFG 36), USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), USS Carney (DDG 64), USS Sir Winston Churchill (DDG 81), and USS Taylor (FFG 50) steam in a "Ships Parade" formation during Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 2002. U.S. Navy Photo #020118-N-6153P-001 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Phil Pruitt.	Robert M. Cieri
	57k	The official invitation to the Decommissioning Ceremony for USS Ticonderoga.	Chet Morris
	37k	Commemorative postmark for the Decommissioning of the Ticonderoga.	Jack Treutle
	57k	USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) is towed out of Naval Station Pascagoula immediately following the ship's decommissioning ceremony. USS Ticonderoga was the fifth ship to bear the name Ticonderoga and spent the past eight years homeported at Naval Station Pascagoula. The ship will be towed to the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Pa., where a final decision on the eventual disposition of the ship will be made. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington.	Bernard A. Cardali LST # 308 WWII Veteran
	119k	USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), moored outboard of USS Thorn (DD 988) at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, PA in DEC 2004.	John Hummel
	107k	USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), moored outboard of USS Thorn (DD 988) at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, PA in DEC 2004.	John Hummel

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank	Final Rank	Dates
Guilbault, Roland George, CAPT	RADM	01/22/1983 - 01/19/1985
Walsh, Raymond Michael, CAPT	RADM	01/19/1985 - 03/07/1987
Arrison III, James Matthew, CAPT		03/07/1987 - 08/04/1989
Foote, Morris Cooper, CDR		08/04/1989 - 07/21/1991
Messina, Edward F., CAPT		07/21/1991 - 06/30/1993
Storm, Gary Alan, CAPT		06/30/1993 - 06/08/1995
Bush, Charles Thomas, CDR	RADM	06/08/1995 - 12/03/1996
Yoshihara, David G., CDR		12/03/1996 - 06/30/1998
Dietrich, King Hastings, CDR		06/30/1998 - 06/09/2000
Sears II, Glen Richard, CDR		06/09/2000 - 01/30/2002
Zeiders III, Glenn Wilson, CDR		01/30/2002 - 09/30/2004

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)

USS TICONDEROGA (DDG/CG 47) History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Address: Niles D. Hamblin
Secretary, USS Ticonderoga Veterans Association
CV, CVA, CVS 14 - CG 47
9893 Kenneth Ln.
Hudson, FL 34667-3853
Phone:
E-mail: secretery@bigt.net

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.

Additional Resources
USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) Veterans website.
USS Ticonderoga Veterans website.
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.

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