USS Mobile Bay (CG-53)
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 USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) in the Persian Gulf |
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| Career (USA) |  |
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| Ordered: | 15 January 1982 |
| Laid down: | 6 June 1984 |
| Launched: | 22 August 1985 |
| Commissioned: | 21 February 1987 |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California |
| Motto: | Full Speed Ahead |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | approx. 9,600 tons full load |
| Length: | 567 feet (173 m) |
| Beam: | 55 feet (17 m) |
| Draught: | 33 feet (10 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots (60 km/h) |
| Complement: | 33 officers & 327 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar AN/SPS-49 air search radar AN/SPG-62 fire control radar AN/SPS-55 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar AN/SQQ-89(V)3 Sonar suite, consisting of
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| Armament: | 2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems 122 × RIM-66 SM-2, RIM-162 ESSM, BGM-109 Tomahawk, or RUM-139 VL-Asroc 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × Mark 45 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun 2 × 25 mm 2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) is a Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named for the naval Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War in 1864. She is currently homeported in San Diego, California.
With her guided missiles and rapid-fire cannons, she is capable of facing and defeating threats in the air, on the sea, on shore, and underneath the sea. She carries the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile and played an integral part in the strikes on Iraqi targets during the opening stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. She also carries two Seahawk LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters, but mainly for anti-submarine warfare (ASW). She is also capable of conducting Maritime Interdiction Operations, and carries a fully trained boarding team.
After participating in SPRING TRAINING-93 off the coast of Australia, she made an historic visit to the Russian seaport of Vladivostok in September of 1993. Accompanying her was the USS Bunker Hill (CG-53).[1]
She provided air defense cover for the INTERFET intervention in East Timor in 1999, though the U.S. requests for screening Mobile Bay necessitated a considerable degree of effort by other ships of the force. Most recently she has returned from a 2006 deployment to the Western Pacific where she acted as the Air Defense Commander for the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.
[edit] Awards
On 16 February 2007, Mobile Bay was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award. [1]
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This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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