USS Hué City
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USS Hué City (CG-66) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She was ordered 16 April 1987, and laid down 20 February 1989, at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Hué City was in active service from 14 September 1991 to 23 September 2022.[1] She is named for the Battle of Huế, fought in the city during the Tet Offensive of 1968 by the 1st Marine Regiment (composed of 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and attached units) during the Vietnam War. The three battalion commanders were the honored guests at her 1991 commissioning.
USS Hué City on 30 September 2016 | |
History | |
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Name | Hué City |
Namesake | Battle of Hue |
Ordered | 16 April 1987 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 20 February 1989 |
Launched | 1 June 1990 |
Acquired | 28 June 1991 |
Commissioned | 14 September 1991 |
Decommissioned | 23 September 2022 |
Homeport | Mayport |
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Motto | Fidelity, Courage, Honor |
Status | Stricken, Final Disposition Pending |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
Displacement | Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load |
Length | 567 feet (173 m) |
Beam | 55 feet (16.8 meters) |
Draft | 34 feet (10.2 meters) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Complement | 30 officers and 300 enlisted |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. |
Hué City is the only U.S. Navy ship named after a battle in the Vietnam War, although it had been planned to name LHA-5 as USS Khe Sanh after the Battle of Khe Sanh, but that ship was commissioned in 1976 as Peleliu. As the only U.S. warship named for a battle that took place during the Vietnam War, Hué City had the opportunity to reach out to the veterans of the battle for which she is named. She frequently held memorials commemorating the Battle of Huế.