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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.
The ship was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and was launched on 29 September 1984, by her sponsor Julia Vadala Taft, wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense William H. Taft IV.
During the 1986 RIMPAC naval exercise, she acted as the plane guard for the aircraft carrier USS Ranger.
She saw action during Desert Storm in the USS Ranger battle group and served as the overall Anti-Air warfare commander for the gulf (Bravo Zulu AAWC).
In March 2003, Valley Forge was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 21.
The ship was decommissioned on 31 August 2004, at San Diego Naval Station, the first ship with the Aegis combat system withdrawn from service. Valley Forge was sunk on 2 November 2006, as part of a target practice on a test range near Kauai, Hawaii.
Awards
Combat Action Ribbon - (16-28 Feb 1991)
Joint Meritorious Unit Award - (Dec 1992-May 1993)
Navy Unit Commendation - (Jan-Feb 1991, Jan-May 2003)
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - (Dec 1994-May 1995, Jun-Dec 1998)
Navy E Ribbon - (1989, 1995, 1998)
Navy Expeditionary Medal - (Jun-Jul 1987)
Special Operations Service Ribbon - (Apr-May 1993)
Name: Valley Forge
Namesake: Valley Forge
Ordered: 28 August 1981
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
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
Identification:
Hull Symbol: CG-50
Call sign: NVFP
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Motto: "First In War - First In Peace"
Fate: Sunk as target, 2 November 2006
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:
4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines
2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers
2 × rudders
Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Complement: 30 officers and 300 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:
AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar
AN/SPS-49 air search radar
AN/SPG-62 fire control radar
AN/SPS-73 surface search radar
AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar
AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
AN/SQQ-89(V)1/3 - A(V)15 Sonar suite, consisting of:
AN/SQS-53B/C/D active sonar
AN/SQR-19 TACTAS, AN/SQR-19B ITASS, & MFTA passive sonar
AN/SQQ-28 light airborne multi-purpose system
Armament:
2 × Mk 26 missile launchers
68 × RIM-66 SM-2
20 × RUR-5 ASROC
8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles
2 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 45 lightweight gun
2–4 × .50 in (12.7 mm) cal. machine gun
2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 2 × Sikorsky SH-60B or MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.
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