USS Shiloh (CG-67)
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| Career |  |
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| Namesake: | Battle of Shiloh |
| Ordered: | 16 April 1987 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 1 August 1989 |
| Launched: | 8 September 1990 |
| Acquired: | 24 April 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 18 July 1992 |
| Homeport: | Yokosuka, Japan |
| Motto: | Making Excellence a Tradition |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| 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) |
| Draft: | 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 Shiloh (CG-67) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named in remembrance of the Battle of Shiloh in the American Civil War. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The vessel is commanded by Captain James T. Jones.
With her guided missiles and rapid-fire cannons, she is capable of facing and defeating threats in the air, on the sea, or the ashore, and underneath the sea. She also carries two Seahawk LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters, mainly for anti-submarine warfare, (ASW).
[edit] History
On 3 September 1996, while in the Carl Vinson carrier battle group, the Shiloh launched 6 Tomahawk cruise missiles in Operation Desert Strike against Iraq.
She deployed with the Battle Group again in July 2002, and was among the first cruisers to launch missiles in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Shiloh returned to her homeport San Diego, California on 25 April 2003, ending an unusually long nine-month deployment.
In January 2005, she participated in Operation Unified Assistance, rendering aid to those who suffered from the 26 December 2004 tsunami off the coast of Aceh, Indonesia. The Shiloh was one of the first American ships to arrive on scene.
On 22 June 2006, a Standard Missile Three (or SM-3) launched from Shiloh intercepted a multi-stage ballistic missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Hawaii.[1]
In August 2006, she arrived on station at Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan, replacing the USS Chancellorsville, as part of a joint U.S.-Japanese ballistic missile defense program.[2]
On 8 July 2009, Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Geathers fell from the ship's fantail into Tokyo Bay while rigging shore power cables. A two-and-a-half day search failed to locate Geathers and he was declared missing and later was declared dead.[3] A Navy investigation, led by Rear Admiral Kevin Donegan, commander of Task Force 70, found that the accident was preventable, in part because Shiloh personnel had observed Geathers working without proper safety equipment, but had failed to intervene. Nevertheless, the report did not recommend disciplinary action against any of the ship's crewmembers.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67)". U.S. Navy. 22 June 2006. http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=36116. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060829/wl_nm/arms_japan_usa_dc_2[dead link]
- ^ Slavin, Eric, "Navy calls off search for USS Shiloh sailor", Stars and Stripes, July 13, 2009.
- ^ Slavin, Erik, "Report: Sailor’s overboard death was preventable", Stars and Stripes, January 6, 2010.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
[edit] External links
- Shiloh (CG-67) homepage
- Yokosuka Naval Base Community Website
- USS Shiloh webpage
- Maritimequest USS Shiloh CG-67 Photo Gallery
- An article: Shiloh sailors make star wars fan film
- USS Shiloh News
- Yarnall, Paul R.; Tom Bateman (25 January 2010). "USS Shiloh (CG 67)". NavSource Naval History. http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/1167/040167.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- "USS Shiloh (CG 67)". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office (NAVSHIPSO). 8 August 2007. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CG67.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
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