USS San Jacinto (CG-56)
 USS San Jacinto (CG-56) |
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| Career (USA) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS San Jacinto |
| Namesake: | Battle of San Jacinto |
| Operator: |  United States Navy |
| Ordered: | 20 June 1983 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 24 July 1985 |
| Launched: | 14 November 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 23 January 1988 |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Motto: | Victory Is Certain |
| Nickname: | San Jac |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load |
| Length: | 567 feet (173 m) |
| Beam: | 55 feet (16.8 meters) |
| Draught: | 34 feet (10.2 meters) |
| Propulsion: |
4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines, 80,000 shaft horsepower (60,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots (60 km/h) |
| Complement: | 33 officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers, and approx. 340 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar
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| Armament: | 2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems 122 × Mix of RIM-66M-5 Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB, RIM-156A SM-2ER Block IV, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162A ESSM, RIM-174A Standard ERAM, BGM-109 Tomahawk, or RUM-139A VL-ASROC 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × Mk 45 Mod 2 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 gun 2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun 2 × Phalanx CIWS Block 1B 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes for lightweight torpedoes |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60B or MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
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.
The "San Jac" was built at Pascagoula, Mississippi and commissioned 23 January 1988 by then Vice President George H. W. Bush in Houston, Texas. She completed her fitting out & work-ups, then deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in late March 1989, returning in October. While San Jacinto and her sistership Philippine Sea were underway off the Virginia coast performing testing of their Mk 7 AEGIS weapons systems (SPY-1A & Standard Missiles), the Iraqi army invaded and occupied Kuwait. The next day Philippine Sea detached and headed back to Mayport, Florida. The day after that, San Jacinto returned to her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia to prepare for the massive sortie to the Middle East.
After CINCLANT had all their ships provisioned, barely 5 days later, San Jacinto headed for the Mediterranean. Other ships in the battle group included USS America (CV-66), Philippine Sea, and USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67).
She fired the opening shots of Operation Desert Storm with the launch of two BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles, firing a total of 16 missiles during the 43-day war. She was also the first ship of her class to be deployed with a full load of 122 missiles.[1] While stationed in a search area at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in the Red Sea, her VBSS (Visit/Boarding/Search/Seizure) teams inspected several dozen ships for contraband being smuggled for the Iraqi government. The crew came to call that duty station 'San-Jacircles' or 'San-Jac in the Box'.
During the 2000-2001 deployment of Carrier Group Two, San Jacinto had aboard Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 42 (HSL-42) Det 8 with two SH-60B Seahawks.[2]
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Meisner, Arnold (1991). Desert Storm: Sea War. Motorbooks International, p. 49. ISBN 0879385626
- ^ Curtis A. Utz and Mark L. Evans (July–August 2002). "The Year in Review 2003, Part 2" (PDF). Naval Aviation News. Washington, DC: U.S. Navy. p. 43. http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/2000s/2002/ja02/yir2.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-22. "LAMPS MK III Major Ship Deployments, 2001"
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