CG-59 Princeton

Country: United States

Class, [Type]: Ticonderoga, [CG].

Builder: Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississipi, U.S.A.

Launch date: 2nd October 1987.

Commission date: 11th February 1989.

Displacement ( tons ): 9.466 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 172,8 x 16,8 x 9,5

Main machinery: 4 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 86.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 30+.

Range ( miles ): 6.000 at 20 knots.

Complement: 358 ( 24 officers ). Able to support 405.

Guns: 2 x FMC 127mm Mk45 Mod 1, 2 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm, 2 x 25mm Mk38 Bushmaster, 4 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  AGM: GDC Tomahawk; SSM: 8 x McDonell Douglas Harpoon in two cuadruple mountings; SAM: 122 x GDC Standard SM-2MR; ASW: 20 x Honeywell ASROC.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm Mk 32 tripled tubed launchers; 36 x Honeywell Mk 46 Mod 5.

Radar: Air: 1 x Raytheon SPY 1A, operating in E/F bands; Air: 1 x Raytheon SPS49(V)6, C/D bandas; Surface: 1 x ISC Cardion SPS 55, I/J bands; Navigation: 1 x Raytheon SPS 64(V)9, I band; Fire Control: 1 x Lockheed Martin SPQ 9A (guns), I/J bands; 2 x General Dynamics Mk90 (Phalanx); 4 x Raytheon SPG-62 target illumination; TACAN: URN 25, IFF Mk XII AIMS UPX-2.

Sonar: Gould/Raytheon SQQ89(V)3 combined with an active hull sonar SQS53B, and one SQR 19 towed passive sonar.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 or 6 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36 launchers; Infrared flares and chaff; Towed torpedo decoye SLQ25 Nixie; ESM/ECM: Raytheon SLQ32V(3).

Helicopter: 2 x SH-60B Sea Hawk LAMPS III.

Callsign: NDIH ()

Comment: During Operation Desert Storm, on 18th February 1991, the USS Princeton got struck by two mines while patrolling off Failaka Island, resulting in three injured crewmembers and severe damage to starboard propeller, port rudder, and hull. USS Princeton was moved to Bahrain, and Dubai afterwards, for repairs, and transited back to US mainland two months later for additional repairs.

Homeport: San Diego.

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