Ticonderoga-class Guided-Missile Cruiser
USS
Antietam
underway after leaving her homeport of
San Diego
, California in 2004
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History
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United States
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Name
| Antietam
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Namesake
| Battle of Antietam
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Ordered
| 20 June 1983
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Builder
| Ingalls Shipbuilding
,
Pascagoula
, Mississippi
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Laid down
| 15 November 1984
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Launched
| 14 February 1986
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Commissioned
| 6 June 1987
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Homeport
| Pearl Harbor, HI
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Identification
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Motto
| Power to Prevail
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Status
| in active service
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Badge
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General characteristics
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Class and type
| Ticonderoga
-class guided missile cruiser
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Displacement
| Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
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Length
| 567 feet (173 m)
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Beam
| 55 feet (16.8 meters)
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Draft
| 34 feet (10.2 meters)
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Propulsion
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Speed
| 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph)
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Complement
| 30 officers and 300 enlisted
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Sensors and
processing systems
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Armament
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Aircraft carried
| 2 ×
MH-60R Seahawk
LAMPS Mk III
helicopters.
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USS
Antietam
(CG-54)
is a
Ticonderoga
-class
guided missile cruiser
of the
United States Navy
.
Antietam
was named for the site of the 1862
Battle of Antietam
,
Maryland
, between
Confederate
forces under General
Robert E. Lee
and Union forces under Major General
George McClellan
, during the
American Civil War
.
Antietam
earned the 2007 and 2008 Battle Efficiency awards, also known as the
"Navy E" or "Battle E"
award, for the
John C. Stennis
Strike Group.
Construction
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Antietam
was
laid down
by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at
Pascagoula, Mississippi
, on 15 November 1984,
launched
on 14 February 1986, and
commissioned
on 6 June 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Public relations
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From 1988 to 1991, the ship was assigned to Naval Surface Group, Long Beach, which was part of
Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific
, and available for tours.
[
citation needed
]
The ship was featured in
Visiting... with
Huell Howser
Episode 327, filmed in 1995.
[1]
Capability
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The ship is armed with guided missiles and rapid-fire guns. She also carries two
Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk
LAMPS
helicopters, capable of multiple missions, but primarily equipped for
antisubmarine warfare
(ASW).
Ship history
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Antietam
was one of the first vessels to take part in
Operation Desert Shield
, along with the rest of the
USS
Independence
Battlegroup in August 1990, in response to the
Invasion of Kuwait
.
Antietam
then returned to the United States on 20 December 1990.
[2]
According to an interview in 2007 BBC documentary,
The Last Flight to Kuwait
, Lawrence Eddingfield, who was captain at that time stated that the vessel was involved in a helicopter rescue of two British
SAS
troops who had arrived on
BA 149
during the invasion.
[3]
In March 2003,
Antietam
was assigned to
Carrier Group Three
.
[4]
Antietam
operated out of her home port of
San Diego
, California. From February to August 2005,
Antietam
completed a
circumnavigation
of Earth, leaving San Diego to the west and returning home by way of the east. During the deployment, she had an extended stay in the
Persian Gulf
as part of
Operation Iraqi Freedom
. From January to August 2007,
Antietam
deployed to the Persian Gulf. During that seven-month deployment, she visited
Dubai
, Singapore, Hong Kong, and
Pearl Harbor
before returning to home port. In 2009, she completed a six-month deployment, leaving San Diego in January 2009, and returning home in July 2009. Stops along the way included Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand,
Guam
, and Hawaii.
In February 2013,
Antietam
relieved
Cowpens
in a "hull-swap" at
Yokosuka, Japan
, in which the two crews swapped ships.
Cowpens
, previously deployed to Yokosuka, was then homeported at
Naval Base San Diego
, California, while
Antietam
took up her new homeport at Yokosuka.
[5]
On 31 January 2017,
Antietam
ran aground in Tokyo Bay near her home port of Yokosuka, Japan.
Antietam
was anchored off the coast in 30-
knot
(56 km/h; 35 mph) winds and a strong tide when the crew noticed the ship was dragging her anchor. They got the ship underway, but shortly after doing so, they felt the ship shudder as she lost all pitch control in both propellers. They had run aground on a shoal with damage to both propellers and one of the propeller hubs, causing 1,100 US gallons (4,200 L) of hydraulic oil to leak into the water.
[6]
[7]
No personnel were injured during the incident.
[8]
Repairs cost at least $4.2 million.
[9]
On 22 October 2018, she transited the
Taiwan Strait
along with the destroyer
Curtis Wilbur
.
[10]
On 24?25 July 2019, she again transited the Taiwan Strait.
[11]
On 19?20 September 2019 she transited the Taiwan Strait a third time.
[12]
During at least one of these transits, a Chinese
WZ-7
HALE drone as well as
Shenyang J-11
strike fighters followed her and warned one of their helicopters that it was flying too close to the mainland.
[13]
In December 2020 the U.S. Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels stated that the ship was planned to be placed Out of Commission in Reserve in 2024.
[14]
In May 2022,
Antietam
was homeported at Yokosuka, Japan. She was part of
Carrier Strike Group 5
led by the aircraft carrier
USS
Ronald Reagan
.
[15]
On 28 August 2022,
Antietam
along with sister ship
Chancellorsville
conducted a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait. This was the first such transit to occur since the
2022 visit by Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan
.
[16]
On 25 June 2023,
Antietam
, along with aircraft carrier
Ronald Reagan
and cruiser
Robert Smalls
, paid a visit to
Vietnam
. They docked at Tien Sa port,
Da Nang
and stayed there until 30 June.
[17]
On 5 February 2024, the U.S. Navy announced that
USS?McCampbell
?(DDG 85)?will?forward deploy to
Yokosuka
, Japan.?
McCampbell
?will replace USS
Antietam
?(CG 54), which will?depart Yokosuka, Japan,?in January, after 11 years of forward deployed service and move to?
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
, as part of a scheduled rotation of forces in the Pacific.
[18]
In March 2024, the Navy announced plans to inactivate
Antietam
on 27 September 2024.
[19]
Awards
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- Navy Unit Commendation
- (Aug?Nov 1990)
- Navy
Meritorious Unit Commendation
- (Dec 1998?May 1999, Feb?Sep 2003, Apr?Jun 2005, Apr 2012?Dec 2013)
- Battle "E"
- (1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015)
[20]
- Southwest Asia Service Medal
- (Aug?Nov 1990)
- Spokane Trophy
Award ? (1990)
- Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award
- (1993)
- LAMPS MK III Safety Award - (1989)
- Chief of Naval Operation's Safety Award - (1997)
References
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"USS Antietam ? Visiting (327) ? Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University"
. 28 October 1995.
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USS Antietam CG-54 Command Operations Report - 1990
(PDF)
. United States Navy. 1990.
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The Last Flight to Kuwait (2007) - BBC
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"World Navies Today: US Navy Aircraft Carriers & Surface Combatants"
.
Hazegray.org
. 10 March 2003
. Retrieved
1 February
2017
.
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Kelly, Paul (6 February 2013).
"USS Antietam and USS Cowpens Complete Hull Swap in Japan"
.
US Navy
. Retrieved
1 February
2017
.
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LaGrone, Sam (1 February 2017).
"USS Antietam Likely Headed to Dry Dock for Repairs, 1,100 Gallons of Hydraulic Oil Still Missing"
.
usni.org
. Retrieved
20 June
2017
.
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Cohen, Zachary (1 February 2017).
"USS Antietam guided-missile cruiser runs aground, leaks oil"
.
CNN
. Retrieved
1 February
2017
.
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Larter, David B. (31 January 2017).
"Officials: Navy cruiser ran aground near Japan"
.
NavyTimes
. Retrieved
1 February
2017
.
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TYLER HLAVAC (1 August 2017).
"Navy probe blames captain's judgment in USS Antietam grounding"
. STARS AND STRIPES.
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"Two U.S. Navy warships sail through Taiwan Strait"
.
ABC News
. 22 October 2018
. Retrieved
22 October
2018
.
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Ryan Browne (24 July 2019).
"US Navy sails warship through contested waterway as Beijing warns Taiwan"
.
CNN
. Retrieved
25 July
2019
.
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Matthew Strong (20 September 2019).
"US Navy guided missile cruiser sails through Taiwan Strait"
.
Taiwan News
. Retrieved
4 February
2020
.
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Axe, David (29 July 2019).
"China's Giant Spy Drone Just Tailed a U.S. Navy Cruiser"
.
The National Interest
. Retrieved
15 September
2019
.
- ^
"Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels"
(PDF)
. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. 9 December 2020. p. 16
. Retrieved
2 February
2021
.
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"USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022"
.
USNI News
. 1 June 2022
. Retrieved
2 June
2022
.
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"Taiwan: Two US Navy warships transit through strait amid tensions"
. DW. 28 August 2022
. Retrieved
2 September
2022
.
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"đoan tau h?i quan M? vao c?ng Tien Sa, b?t đ?u th?m đa N?ng"
[The US Navy ship entered Tien Sa port, starting to visit Da Nang].
tuoitre.vn
(in Vietnamese). 25 June 2023
. Retrieved
27 June
2023
.
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"USS McCampbell to Forward Deploy to Japan, Replace USS Antietam"
.
Seapower
. 9 February 2024
. Retrieved
28 February
2024
.
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VADM J. E. Pitts (11 March 2024).
"NAVADMIN 050/24 FY24 PROJECTED SHIP INACTIVATION SCHEDULE (UPDATED COPY)"
.
MyNavyHR
. Retrieved
2 April
2024
.
- ^
"Unit Awards For"
. United States Navy. Archived from
the original
on 26 January 2021.
This article includes information collected from the
Naval Vessel Register
, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the
public domain
. The entry can be found
here
.
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