USS Port Royal
USS ''Port Royal'' may refer to: * was a sidewheel steamer gunboat commissioned in 1862, active in the Civil War, and decommissioned 1866 * The ''Ticonderoga''-class cruiser, hull number CG-69, which was originally named ''Port Royal'', but changed to . Commissioned in 1992 * is a ''Ticonderoga''-class guided missile cruiser, commissioned in 1994 {{DEFAULTSORT:Port Royal, USS United States Navy ship names ...
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Ticonderoga-class Cruiser
The ''Ticonderoga'' class of guided-missile cruisers is a class of warships in the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in the 1978 fiscal year. The class uses passive phased-array radar and was originally planned as a class of destroyers. However, the increased combat capability offered by the Aegis Combat System and the AN/SPY-1 radar system, together with the capability of operating as a flagship, were used to justify the change of the classification from DDG (guided-missile destroyer) to CG (guided-missile cruiser) shortly before the keels were laid down for and . ''Ticonderoga''-class guided-missile cruisers are multi-role warships. Their Mk 41 VLS can launch Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike strategic or tactical targets, or fire long-range anti-aircraft SM-2MR/ERs for defense against aircraft or anti-ship missiles. Their LAMPS III helicopters, RUM-139 ASROCs, and sonar systems allow them to perform anti-submarine missions. ''Ticonderoga''-class ships ar ...
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