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USS YORKTOWN (DDG/CG 48)


       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee - Kilo - November

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 19 OCT 1981 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, MS
Launched 17 JAN 1983 and Commissioned 04 JUL 1984
Decommissioned 03 DEC 2004
Stricken 03 DEC 2004
Fate: Moored at NISMF Philadelphia, PA awaiting disposition

Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

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Yorktown 140k May 16, 1983 - Pascagoula, MS: A starboard quarter view of the Aegis guided missile cruiser Yorktown (CG 48) prior to launching. U.S. Navy Photo. Fred Weiss
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492k Commissioning booklet, 04 JUL 1984. Robert M. Cieri
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454k Welcome Aboard booklet, circa 1983. Robert M. Cieri
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Starboard bow underway.

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Undated starboard bow view.

Photo © Atlantic Fleet Sales

Robert M. Cieri
Yorktown 72k Port bow underway during sea trials. Chuck Daly
Yorktown 119k Sept 1, 1985 - Carribean: A starboard bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48) underway. U.S. Navy Photo. Fred Weiss
Yorktown 119k Jan 1, 1987 - Atlantic Ocean: A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48) underway as seen from the stern of the battleship USS Iowa (BB 61). The Iowa is preparing to deploy two Pioneer I remotely piloted vehicles (RPV). U.S. Navy Photo. Fred Weiss
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308k Welcome Aboard booklet, Circa 1993. Robert M. Cieri
Yorktown 48k This picture was taken astern of the Yorktown during one of our Caribbean missile shoots. This missile registered a skin to skin kill of the target at 110nm miles on a "lofted" shot. 1994. Chuck Daly
Yorktown 390k Sep. 19,1997 -- Guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48) departs Narragansett Bay after a scheduled port
visit to Newport, RI. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Chief John Gay (970919-N-6483G-001).
 
Yorktown 360k Sep. 19,1997 -- Guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48) departs Narragansett Bay after a scheduled port
visit to Newport, RI. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Chief John Gay (970919-N-6483G-002).
 
Yorktown 432k Sep. 19,1997 -- Guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48) departs Narragansett Bay after a scheduled port
visit to Newport, RI. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Chief John Gay (970919-N-6483G-003).
Bill Gonyo
Yorktown 574k USS Yorktown (CG 48) cruises the Caribbean Sea towards Colombia, South America where the shp will meet other naval units participating in the 43rd annual UNITAS exercise on 24 FEB 2002. The Aegis Guided Missile Cruiser USS Yorktown, is this year's flagship for the Caribbean phase of the exercise with embarked Task Force Commander, Rear Admiral Kevin P. Green, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (COMUSNAVSO). UNITAS is the largest multi-national naval exercise conducted with naval forces from the U.S., The Caribbean Sea, South and Central America. The exercises focus on building multinational coalition while promoting hemispheric defense and mutual cooperation. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Martin E. Maddock (020224-N-0872M-502). Bill Gonyo

USS YORKTOWN (DDG/CG 48) History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: David Black
Address:
Phone:
E-mail: maldenite@newwavecomm.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 Yorktown (CG 48) website By David Black.
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.

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