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| Career
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| Ordered:
| 16 December 1983
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| Laid down:
| 15 October 1986
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| Launched:
| 2 October 1987
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| Commissioned:
| 1 February 1989
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| Decommissioned:
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| Status:
| Active in service as of 2005.
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| Struck:
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 9,600 tons
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| Length:
| 567 ft
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| Beam:
| 55 ft
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| Draught:
| 33 ft
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| Propulsion:
| 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp
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| Speed:
| 30+ knots
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| Range:
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| Complement:
| 387 officers and enlisted
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| 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
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| Aircraft:
| 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters
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| Motto:
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USS Princeton (CG-59) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
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