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USS BUNKER HILL (CG 52)


       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - November - Bravo - Hotel

CLASS - TICONDEROGA (Flight II)
Displacement 9,589 (FL) Tons, Dimensions, 565' 10" (oa) x 55' x 31' 6" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54RF, 2 VLS, (122 Missiles)
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 11 JAN 1984 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS
Launched 11 MAR 1985
Commissioned 20 SEP 1986
Begins "Cruiser Modernization" FEB 2008
Home port: San Diego, CA

Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

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Bunker Hill
04015208
148k Commissioning booklet, 20 SEPT 1986 Robert M. Cieri
Bunker Hill 63k Underway, Boston Harbor, Boston, MA (note USS Constitution on the left). This was taken some time during the week of Bunker Hill's commissioning in Boston, 13-20 May, 1986. Photo identified by John E. Carey CDR, USN (Ret.). USN
Bunker Hill
04015209
157k

Starboard bow view while on Builders Sea Trials in the Gulf of Mexico in May 1986.

Ingalls Shipbuilding Photo.

Robert M. Cieri
Bunker Hill 88k

May 1, 1986 - Gulf of Mexico: A starboard bow view of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) underway.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Fred Weiss
Bunker Hill 60k

Oct 1, 1987 - Gulf of Oman: A port quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) underway.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Fred Weiss
Bunker Hill 39k

Aug 8, 1991 -- Persian Gulf: A BGM-109 Tomahawk land-attack missile (TLAM) heads toward an Iraqi target after being launched by the guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) during Operation Desert Storm. The destroyer USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964) is at right.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Fred Weiss
Bunker Hill 77k

May 18, 1992 - Location unknown: A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) during Operation Desert Shield.

U.S. Navy Photo.

Fred Weiss
Bunker Hill 186k

The USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) deploys out of San Diego harbor in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo taken on November 2, 2002. Photo by JO2(SW) Jason Heavner, ComNavSurfPac Public Affairs.

U.S. Navy Photo.

JO2(SW) Jason Heavne
Bunker Hill 43k

"Leading the Charge!" The first Tomahawk missile to be fired into Iraq is launched from USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) at 0525 on March 20, 2003.

U.S. Navy Photo.

USN
Bunker Hill
04015210
76k

Ships belonging to the USS Constellation (CV-64) Battle Group parade their colors during an a airshow on board Constellation. From front to rear: USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), USS Valley Forge (CG-50), USS Milius (DDG-69), and USS Thach (FFG-43). Note the Bunker Hill's Golden Anchor signifying excellence in retention. The carrier was decommissioned in August 2003. Photo by PHC Donald Bray , October 2003.

U.S. Navy photo #030529-N-9076B-010

Bill Gonyo
Bunker Hill
04015213
56k

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, 4 March 2007 - Guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) passes the Battleship Missouri Memorial as she transits Pearl Harbor. Bunker Hill and her crew are currently in port Naval Station Pearl Harbor after returning from a deployment as part of Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group, which is currently conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in support of 5th Fleet.

U.S. Navy photo #070304-N-4965F-001 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl

Robert M. Cieri
Bunker Hill
04015211
226k

WILLAMETTE RIVER, 7 June 2007 - The guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) makes her way up the river and under the Broadway Bridge en-route to Portland, Ore., to participate in the 100th Annual Rose Festival. Bunker Hill is just one of four U.S. Navy ships pulling into Portland for the 100th Annual Rose Festival Fleet Week Celebration.

U.S. Navy photo #070607-N-7732W-235 by Mass Communication Specialist Seamen (AW) Charles Whetstine.

Robert M. Cieri
Bunker Hill
04015212
220k

PORTLAND, OR, 7 June 2007 - The guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) arrives to help celebrate Portland's Fleet Week festivities during the city's 100th annual Rose Festival. Bunker Hill is one of four U.S. Navy ships visiting Portland for the weeklong celebration. (Caption corrected by Paul Hauser)

U.S. Navy photo #070607-N-2143T-002 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maebel Tinoko.

Robert M. Cieri
Bunker Hill
04015214
84k Starboard side view while moored , San Diego, CA, June 2007. BMCS Richard Miller, USN (Ret.)
Bunker Hill
04015215
1m Picture of Bunker Hill witn autograph of CAPT Dominic (Dom) DeScisciolo. Wolfgang Hechler
Bridge 1519k

USNS Bridge (T-AOE-10) prepares to conduct a replenishment at sea with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), left, and the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG-52). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW-17) are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

US Navy photo # 120306-N-DR144-387 ARABIAN GULF (March 6, 2012) by MC2 James R. Evans.

Lee Wahler

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Final Rank Dates
Quast, Philip M., CAPT VADM 09/20/1986 - 03/26/1988
Rempt, Rodney Peter, CAPT VADM 03/26/1988 - 03/28/1990
Marfiak, Thomas Fletcher, CAPT RADM 03/28/1990 - 02/21/1992
Diamond Jr., Emil Richard, CAPT   02/21/1992 - 05/20/1994
Schnurrpusch, Gary Werner, CAPT   05/20/1994 - 04/16/1996
Kopacz, Anthony J., CAPT   04/16/1996 - 06/12/1998
Denny, Patrick Leo, CAPT   06/12/1998 - 04/07/2000
Butt, Robert Alan, CAPT   04/07/2000 - 01/04/2002
Farwell Jr., Faris Thomas, CAPT   01/04/2002 - 11/24/2003
Durham, Richard Wade, CAPT   11/24/2003 - 10/21/2005
Gaouette, Charles McAlister, CAPT RADM 10/21/2005 - 08/24/2007
Piercey, Patrick Andrew, CAPT RADM 08/24/2007 - 08/07/2009
DeScisciolo, Dominic, CAPT   08/07/2009 - 05/21/2011
Ford, Michael Joseph, CAPT   05/21/2011 -

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


USS BUNKER HILL (CG 52) History
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Additional Resources
Official USS Bunker Hill (CG 52)website.
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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