USS Valley Forge (CG-50)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Valley Forge.
USS Valley Forge (CG-50) was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She was named for Valley Forge, where the Continental Army camped during one winter in the American Revolution.
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USS Valley Forge in San Diego on 2 November 2002 | |
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Name | Valley Forge |
Namesake | Valley Forge |
Ordered | 28 August 1981 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 14 April 1983 |
Launched | 23 June 1984 |
Christened | 29 September 1984 |
Commissioned | 18 January 1986 |
Decommissioned | 30 August 2004 |
Stricken | 30 August 2004 |
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Motto | First In War - First In Peace |
Fate | Sunk as target, 2 November 2006 |
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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) |
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Speed | 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Complement | 30 officers and 300 enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. |
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