USS Yorktown (CG-48)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Yorktown.
USS Yorktown (DDG-48/CG-48) was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy from 1984 to 2004, named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown.
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USS Yorktown on 24 February 2002 | |
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Name | Yorktown |
Namesake | Battle of Yorktown |
Ordered | 28 April 1980 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 19 October 1981 |
Launched | 17 January 1983 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Mary Mathews |
Commissioned | 4 July 1984 |
Decommissioned | 10 December 2004 |
Stricken | 10 December 2004 |
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Motto | Victory is our tradition |
Status | scrapped |
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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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