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USS ANTIETAM (CG 54)


       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Tango - Mike

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 15 NOV 1984 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS
Launched 14 FEB 1986
Commissioned 06 JUN 1987
Home port: San Diego, CA

Patch image contributed by Mike Smolinski

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Antietam 177k Commissioning booklet, 19 APR 1986. Robert M. Cieri
Antietam 140k Starboard bow view, underway, date unknown. Manolo Budiņo
Antietam 26k Starboard Bow. USN
Antietam
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320k USS Antitem (CG-54) and USS Arkansas (CG-41) performing an underway replenishment with USNS Mars (AFS-1), date and location unknown. Wendell McLaughlin
Antietam 472k

An SH-60 Seahawk helocopter from HSL-43 departs the USS Antietam (CG 54), during fleet operations in the Western Pacific

970930-N-0000U-006.

Bill Gonyo
Antietam 21k Starboard side view, anchored in Hong Kong harbor, Nov 1990. William Chiu
Antietam 71k Starboard side view, anchored in Hong Kong harbor, Nov 1990. William Chiu
Antietam 50k Starboard quarter view, anchored in Hong Kong harbor, Nov 1990. William Chiu
Antietam 349k February 4, 1997 - The USS Antietam (CG-54), underway during operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf. The AEGIS cruiser was attached to the Kitty Hawk Battle Group during their 96-97 deployment (970204-N-0226M-001). Bill Gonyo
Antietam 97k Cruising in the Pacific Ocean during battlegroup exercises at RIMPAC 98, 19 JUL 1998. USN
Antietam
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149k USS Antietam (CG 54) during refueling at sea with the Canadian ship NSSM Preserver (AOR 509) on 27 November 2001 in the Arabian Sea. Picture taken by Cplc Brian Walsh. Marc-André Nadeau
Antietam
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111k USS Antietam (CG 54) during refueling at sea with the Canadian ship NSSM Preserver (AOR 509) on 27 November 001 in the Arabian Sea. Picture taken by Cplc Brian Walsh. Marc-André Nadeau
Antietam 97k Naval Station San Diego, CA. the Guided Missile Cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) gets a little assistance from a tug as she leaves her berth. USS Antietam is part of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Battle Group. US Navy photo by photographers mate 2nd class Michael D. Kennedy (January 15, 2003). Bernard A. Cardali
Antietam   Jul. 9, 2003 -- The guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) pulls pier side at the Inner Fremantle Harbor.
Antietam’s crew will by enjoying a few days of liberty and tours of the surrounding areas. Antietam is part of the Carl Vinson Strike Group currently on an extended deployment operating off the coast of Western Australia. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Bob Meeker (030709-N-9236M-018).
Bill Gonyo

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Pacific Ocean, August 14, 2007 — Nimitz (CVN 68), Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Groups transit in formation during a joint photo exercise (PHOTOEX) during Valiant Shield 2007, the largest joint exercise in the Pacific this year. Held in the Guam operating area, Valiant Shield 2007 included 30 ships, more than 280 aircraft and more than 20,000 service members from the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

The aerial formation, led by an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, consists of aircraft from the carrier strike groups as well as Air Force aircraft. Ships are, left to right: guided missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90); nuclear-propelled aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), followed by the guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and the guided missile destroyers USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) and USS Pinckney (DDG 91); nuclear-propelled attack submarine USS Hampton (SSN 767); aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), followed by the guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) and guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89); nuclear-propelled attack submarine USS Key West (SSN 722); nuclear-propelled aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), followed by the guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) and the guided missile destroyers USS Preble (DDG 88) and USS O'Kane (DDG 77); the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer on the extreme right has not been positively identified, but is possibly USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60).

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hana'lei Shimana (# 070814-N-6009S-001).

Chester Morris

USS ANTIETAM (CG 54) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

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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
Official USS Antietam (CG 54) website.
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.

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