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USS Monterey (CG-61) - Definition and Overview


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USS Monterey


USS Monterey departs Souda Bay on the island of Crete in Greece.
Career USN Jack
Ordered: 26 November 1984
Laid down: 19 August 1987
Launched: 23 October 1988
Commissioned: 16 June 1990
Decommissioned:
Status: Active in service as of 2005.
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 9,600 tons
Length: 567 ft (173 m)
Beam: 55 ft (17 m)
Draught: 33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
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 inch (100 mm), 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
Motto:


USS Monterey (CG-61) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Monterey during the Mexican-American War.

Crest of USS Monterey

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.

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