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USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) - Definition and Overview

USS Leyte Gulf underway
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USS Leyte Gulf underway
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Ordered: 20 June 1983
Laid down: 18 March 1985
Launched: 20 June 1986
Commissioned: 26 September 1987
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 Leyte Gulf (CG-55) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy.

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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.

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