USS Mobile Bay (CG-53)
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 USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) in the Persian Gulf | |
| Career (US) | Image:Naval Jack of the United States.svg
<tr valign=top><td>Ordered:</td><td>15 January 1982</td></tr> |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 6 June 1984 |
| Launched: | 22 August 1985
<tr valign=top><td>Commissioned:</td><td>21 February 1987</td></tr> |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2006.
<tr valign=top><td>Homeport:</td><td>San Diego, California</td></tr> |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | approx. 9,600 tons full load |
| Length: | 567 feet (173 meters) |
| Beam: | 55 feet (17 meters)
<tr valign=top><td>Draught:</td><td>33 feet (10 meters)</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Propulsion:</td><td>4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp</td></tr> |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots (60 km/h) |
| Complement: | 33 officers & 327 enlisted
<tr valign=top><td>Sensors and processing systems:</td><td>AN/SPY-1 multi-function radar</br>AN/SPS-49 air search radar |
USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) is a Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named for the naval Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War in 1864.
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.
She provided air defence cover for the INTERFET intervention in East Timor in 1999, though the U.S. requests for screening Mobile Bay necessitated a considerable degree of effort by other ships of the force.
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[edit] See also
See USS Mobile for other ships carrying the name Mobile.
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Crest of USS Mobile Bay |
[edit] References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.
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