Yorktown is an American Ticonderoga class missile cruiser . Named after the Battle of Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War .
| Yorktown | |
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| USS Yorktown (CG-48) | |
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 USA | |
| Named after | |
| Class and type of vessel | Missile cruiser |
| Manufacturer | Shipyard Ingalls Shipbuilding , Pascagoula |
| Ordered to build | April 28, 1980 |
| Construction started | October 19, 1981 |
| Launched | January 17, 1983 |
| Commissioned | July 4, 1984 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | December 10, 2004 |
| Status | Sludge in Philadelphia, Disposal Expected |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 9800 tons |
| Length | 173 m |
| Width | 16.8 m |
| Draft | 10.2 m |
| Engines | 4 gas turbines General Electric LM2500 |
| Power | 80,000 liters with. (58.8 MW ) |
| Mover | 2 variable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 32.5 knots |
| Crew | 400 people (33 officers, 27 warrant officers, 340 sailors) |
| Armament | |
| Radar weapons | Radar AN / SPY-1A (universal), AN / SPS-49 (detection of air targets), AN / SPG-62 (target illumination), AN / SPS-73 (detection of surface targets), AN / SPS-73 (artillery control fire), GAS AN / SQS-53 (inside hull) and AN / SQR-19 (towed) |
| Electronic weapons | BIUS “ Aegis ”, electronic warfare station AN / SLQ-32 |
| Artillery | 2 × 127 mm / 54 Mk 45 Mod 2 |
| Missile weapons | 8 anti- ship missiles RGM-84 “Harpoon” in two four-container inclined launchers up to 68 missiles SM-2 in 2 launchers Mk 26 |
| Anti-submarine weapons | up to 20 PLUR RUR-5 "Asrok" in 2 launchers Mk 26 |
| Mine torpedo armament | 2 built torpedo tubes Mk 32 |
| Aviation group | 2 helicopters Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk |
In the summer of 1992, the Yorktown became the first American ship to pay an official visit to the Northern Fleet’s main naval base, Severomorsk , after World War II .
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Construction
An order for the construction of a second Ticonderoga-class cruiser was issued by the Ingalls Shipbuilding shipbuilding company on April 28, 1980. Unlike the lead ship , due to the enormous cost of construction, it was classified from the very beginning as a missile cruiser and not a destroyer .
A formal ship laying ceremony at a shipyard in Pascagul , Mississippi took place on October 19, 1981, and launching on January 17, 1983. Mary Mathews , a business man from Yorktown , Virginia , donated with her husband to her godmother . a large sum of money to the fleet.
After completing the tests, the cruiser was handed over to the U.S. Navy on Independence Day on July 4, 1984. In addition to Matthews, the ceremony was also attended by Minister of the Sea John Lehman, Virginia Senator John Warner and Congresswoman Herbert Bateman.
History
On February 12, 1988, American ships — the Yorktown missile cruiser and the Karon destroyer — invaded Soviet territorial waters in the Sevastopol area and headed along the Crimean coast towards Yalta . The Americans did not respond to warning signals. The Soviet patrol ship Bezavezhetny was forced to do a “ bulk ”, having touched the left side of the American cruiser, damaged the rail and crushed the harpoon missile launcher. After the second “bulk”, Yorktown hastily shifted the steering wheel to the right and left Soviet territorial waters. He was followed by "Caron", which made "bulk" patrol ship " SKR-6 ."
Commanders
- 4.7.7.1984 - 06.26.1986 captain 1st rank (captain) Carl Anderson ( born Carl Anderson );
- 6/27/1986 - 04/13/1988 captain 1st rank (captain) Philip Dur ( born Philip Dur );
- 04/13/1988 - 7.3.1990 captain 1st rank (captain) Peter Edward O'Connor ( born Peter Edward O'Connor );
- 7.3.1990 - 24.4.1992 captain 1st rank (captain) Robert Richardson ( born Robert Richardson );
- 24.4.1992 - 21.1.1994 captain 1st rank (captain) Michael Glenn Mullen ( born Michael Glenn Mullen );
- 21.1.1994 - 07.26.1995 captain 1st rank (captain) David Roy Ellison ( born David Roy Ellison );
- 7/26/1995 - 6/19/1997 captain 2nd rank (commander) Richard Rushton ( born Richard Rushton );
- 6/19/1997 - 2/19/1999 captain 2nd rank (commander) Eric Sveigard ( born Eric Sweigard );
- 19.2.1999 - 17.8.2000 captain of the 2nd rank (commander) Robert Stephen Kerno ( born Robert Stephen Kerno );
- 17.8.2000 - 10.2.2002 captain 2nd rank (commander) Jeffrey Charles Johnston ( born Jeffrey Charles Johnstone );
- 10.2.2002 - 3.12.2004 captain of the 2nd rank (commander) Steven Edward Sloan ( born Steven Edward Sloan );
Interesting Facts
- September 21, 1997, as a result of dividing by zero in the computerized control system of the USS Yorktown (CG-48) cruiser of the US Navy, all machines in the system were disconnected, as a result of which the propulsion system of the ship stopped working. [one]
Notes
- ↑ "Sunk by Windows NT". Wired News. 1998-07-24.
Links
- USS Yorktown (CG 48) // Unofficial site of the US Navy
- Bulk SKR Selfless on the cruiser Yorktown // Video from the side of Yorktown
- Bulk SKR-6 on the destroyer Caron // Video from the board of Caron