USS Normandy
USS Normandy on 5 June 2005 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Normandy |
| Namesake | |
| Ordered | 26 November 1984 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down | 7 April 1987 |
| Launched | 19 March 1988 |
| Commissioned | 9 December 1989 |
| Homeport | Norfolk |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Vanguard of Victory |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ticonderoga-class guided missile 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 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. |
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USS Normandy (CG-60) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the service of the United States Navy. Armed with naval guns and anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine missiles, plus other weapons, she is equipped for surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, and anti-submarine warfare. The cruiser was the first US warship since 1945 to go to war on her maiden cruise, and in 1998 was awarded the title "Most Tomahawks shot by a U.S. Navy Cruiser". She is named for the World War II Battle of Normandy, which took place in France on, and following, D-Day.