USS Gettysburg (CG-64)

USS Gettysburg (CG-64)

USS "Gettysburg" (CG-64) is a "Ticonderoga"-class guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Maine.

With her guided missiles and rapid-fire cannons, she is capable of facing and defeating threats in the air, on the sea, or the ashore, and underneath the sea. She also carries two Seahawk LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters, but mainly for anti-submarine warfare, ASW.

On November 30, 1994, "Gettysburg", along with USS "Halyburton", was dispatched to assist the cruise ship "Achille Lauro", which was on fire in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia. "Achille Lauro" eventually sank but the passengers were rescued and transported to Mombasa, Kenya.Cite web
url = http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/h/ffg-40/1994.pdf
title = Submission of Command History for Calendar Year 1994 (USS Halyburton)
accessdate = 2008-03-08
author = R. D. Reilly, Jr. (C.O. of USS Halyburton)
date = July 1, 1995
publisher = United States Navy
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title = Achille Lauro sinks near Somalia
accessdate = 2008-03-08
publisher = History.com
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url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/cg-64.htm
title = CG 64 Gettysburg
accessdate = 2008-03-08
publisher = Globalsecurity.org
]

She is homeported in Mayport, Florida.

"Gettysburg" in fiction

In Tom Clancy's novel "The Bear and the Dragon", "Gettysburg" intercepted a Chinese ICBM just before it detonated over Washington D.C. The cruiser had nearly exhausted her complement of SM-2 missiles, and the second-to-last missile made the dramatic interception over the Beltway.

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References

External links

* [http://www.gettysburg.navy.mil/ Official web site]
* [http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg64.html "USS Gettysburg" webpage]
* [http://www.hullnumber.com/CG-64 CG-64 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com]


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