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USS San Jacinto (CG-56) - Definition and Overview

USS San Jacinto
Career USN Jack
Ordered: 20 June 1983
Laid down: 24 July 1985
Launched: 14 November 1986
Commissioned: 23 January 1988
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: "Victory Is Certian"

USS San Jacinto (CG-56) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.

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