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USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) - Definition and Overview

USS Lake Champlain leaving
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USS Lake Champlain leaving Pearl Harbor
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Ordered: 16 December 1983
Laid down: 3 March 1986
Launched: 3 April 1987
Commissioned: 12 August 1988
Decommissioned:
Status: Active in service as of 2005.
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 9,600 tons
Length: 567 ft
Beam: 55 ft
Draught: 33 ft
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp
Speed: 30+ knots
Range:
Complement: 387 officers and enlisted
Armament: 2 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 122 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, 8 x AGM-84 Harpoon missiles
2 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 2–4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS
2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft: 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
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USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy.

The Crest of USS Lake Champlain
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The Crest of USS Lake Champlain

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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.

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