Name:

USS Ticonderoga (CG-47)

Type
Cruiser guided missile carrier

Ordered:

22 September 1978
(as DDG-47)


Builder:

Ingalls Shipbuilding


Laid down:

21 January 1980


Launched:

25 April 1981


Sponsored by:

Nancy Reagan


Christened:

16 May 1981


Commissioned:

22 January 1983


Decommissioned:

30 September 2004


Struck:

30 September 2004


Fate:

Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia

USS Lake Erie (CG-70) docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Career (US)


Name:

USS Lake Erie

Namesake:

Battle of Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie

Awarded:

25 February 1988

Builder:

Bath Iron Works

Laid down:

6 March 1990

Launched:

13 July 1991

Acquired:

12 March 1993

Commissioned:

24 July 1993
First U.S. Navy ship Commissioned in Hawaii.[1]

Homeport:

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Motto:

"Courage, Determination, Peace"[2] "Don't Give Up the Ship"[3]

Honors and
awards:

Five Straight Battle Effectiveness Awards - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008[4][5][6]


Status:

in active service, as of 2011


Badge:

USS Lake Erie (CG-70) docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Career (US)


Name:

USS Lake Erie

Namesake:

Battle of Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie

Awarded:

25 February 1988

Builder:

Bath Iron Works


Launched:

13 July 1991

Acquired:

12 March 1993

Commissioned:

24 July 1993
First U.S. Navy ship Commissioned in Hawaii.

Homeport:

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii



Status:

in active service, as of 2011