USS Port Royal (CG-73) Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 25 February 1988 |
| Laid down: | 18 October 1991 |
| Launched: | 20 November 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 9 July 1994 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,600 tons |
| Length: | 567 ft |
| Beam: | 55 ft |
| Draught: | 33 ft |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 387 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 122 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, 8 x AGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 2–4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
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The USS Port Royal (CG-73) is a United States Navy guided missile cruiser, the last to be constructed in the 20th century, and the first cruiser to integrate women into the crew.
The ship was laid down 18 October 1991 by Ingalls Shipbuilding at Pascagoula, Mississippi, launched 20 November 1992, christened by Susan G. Baker (wife of James A. Baker III, chief of staff to President Bush), and formally commissioned 9 July 1994 at Savannah, Georgia.
The Port Royal deployed in 1996 as part of the Nimitz (CVN-68) battle group. The CVBG was participating in Operation Southern Watch, but was deployed to the South China Sea in March 1996 to act as a stablizing force the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis.
Her second deployment, January 2000, was with the John C. Stennis (CVN-74) battle group, participating in Operation Southern Watch and returning in June for drydock repairs and upgrades.
Port Royal departed Pearl Harbor 17 November 2001 to rejoin the Stennis battle group.
The U.S.S. Port Royal was reported visiting Melbourne, Australia in February 2004.
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