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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 24 AUG 1989 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS Launched 02 NOV 1990 Christened 10 NOV 1990 Commissioned 02 MAY 1992 Home port: Norfolk, VA |
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78k | Commissioning booklet, 2 MAY 1992. | Robert M. Cieri | |
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72k | Starboard bow underway. | USN | |
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53k | Undated port bow view, moored at NOB Norfolk. | Wendell R McLaughlin Jr. | |
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Starboard bow view, date unknown. © Atlantic Fleet Sales by Nobe Smith |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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86k | (From front to back) USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Rainier (AOE 7), USS Cape St. George (CG 71), and an unknown Arleigh Burke DDG steam in formation, date and location unknown. | U.S. Navy | |
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The Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 1, 2000 - Sailors aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) gather on the flight deck to spell out "IKE 2000" referring to their successful deployment to the Mediterranean Sea in the new millenium. Deployed with Dwight D. Eisenhower were the guided missile cruisers USS Cape St. George (CG 71) (top) and USS Anzio (CG 68). U.S. Navy photo #000801-N-7750C-003 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class David E. Carter II. |
Alex Tatchin/USN | |
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49k | Port bow underway in Kiel durning the sailing event Kieler Woche. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
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76k | USS Anzio underway and HMS Campletown pierside in Kiel durning the sailing event Kieler Woche. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
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59k | USS Anzio (CG-68) and USS Cape St. George (CG 71) in Kiel during the sailing event Kieler Woche. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
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39k | Port bow underway in Kiel durning the sailing event Kieler Woche. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
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58k | In Kiel durning the sailing event Kieler Woche. In the background: USS Anzio, left of the pier: Russian destroyer Bespokojnyi, right of the pier: German tender A 515 Main inside and outside minehunter M 1097 Laboe. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
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6 February 2001 - From front: The guided missile cruisers USS
Vicksburg (CG 69), USS Anzio (CG 68), USS
Cape St. George (CG 71), USS
Hue City (CG 66) and the guided missile detroyers U.S. Navy photo #010206-N-2101W-002 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Alan Warner. |
Bill Gonyo | |
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The guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) leads a formation of ships in the Baltic Sea after departing the Polish port of Gdynia on June 5, 2001, during Exercise Baltic Operations 2001. DoD photo #010605-N-6967M-501 by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shane McCoy. |
Edward Cleary/DOD | |
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53k | The Guided Missile Cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) conducts a underway replenishment at sea off the starboard side of the Military sealift command oiler USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) While the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) conducts simultaneous replenishment operations off port side. January 22, 2003. | Bernard A. Cardali | |
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July 3, 2003 -- The guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) approaches the pier at its homeport at Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk Va., after a six-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo #030703-N-7097H-001 by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Sondra Howett. |
Bill Gonyo | |
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May 26, 2004 -- The guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68)
sails past the Statue of Liberty in New York U.S Navy photo #040526-N-6371Q-049 by Photographer's Mate Airman Orlando Quintero. |
Bill Gonyo | |
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ATLANTIC OCEAN, 15 April 2008 - USNS Big Horn (T-AO-198) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG-68) steam side-by-side during a replenishment-at-sea. Anzio and Big Horn are en-route to participate in Joint Warrior 081, a United Kingdom-led, multinational exercise in the North Atlantic designed to improve interoperability between allied navies as well as to prepare for a role in combined operations during upcoming deployments. US Navy photo #080415-N-2953W-009 by MC3 Adrian T. White |
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