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USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)
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 USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) |
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| Ordered: | 16 December 1983 |
| Laid down: | 3 March 1986 |
| Launched: | 3 April 1987 |
| Commissioned: | 12 August 1988 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007 |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | approx. 9,600 tons full load |
| Length: | 567 feet (173 meters) |
| Beam: | 55 feet (17 meters) |
| Draught: | 33 feet (10 meters) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots (60 km/h) |
| Complement: | 33 officers & 327 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar AN/SPS-49 air search radar AN/SPG-62 fire control radar AN/SPS-55 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar AN/SQQ-89(V)3 Sonar suite, consisting of
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| Armament: | 2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems 122 × RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk, or RUM-139 VL-Asroc 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × Mark 45 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun 2 × 25 mm 2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters. |
| Motto: | Ingenuity Daring Discipline[1] |
USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) is a Ticonderoga class cruiser in the United States Navy. It is the third ship to be named Lake Champlain, in honor of Battle of Lake Champlain, which took place during the War of 1812.
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The USS Lake Champlain was laid down 3 March 1986 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, launched 3 April 1987 and commissioned 12 August 1988 at Intrepid Pier at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City, Captain Ralph K. Martin commanding. She then steamed to her homeport of San Diego, via Cape Horn, South America, losing part of her Hurricane Bow in heavy seas. She has been to the Persian Gulf many times, first as a part of Operation Desert Shield, then later following Desert Storm. She aided in the evacuation of the Philippines during the Mount Pinatubo eruption while transiting to the Persian Gulf.
On November 10, 2007 an explosion occurred on the ship, while undergoing routine maintenance in a San Diego dry dock. Six workers were injured, two critically. The explosion was apparently caused when flammable gases, inside the fuel tank where the workers were working, ignited.[2] On November 23, 2007 the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that it would be conducting an investigation into the explosion.[3]
- See USS Lake Champlain for other ships of the same name.
- ^ Official ships history, "Ingenuity, Daring, Discipline - The Motto of LAKE CHAMPLAIN."
- ^ Los Angeles Times, "Navy Vessel Explosion Injures Six People", November 11, 2007.
- ^ Liewer, Steve, "OSHA Investigating Explosion Aboard Navy Ship", San Diego Union-Tribue, November 24, 2007, [1].
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
- Official web site
- CG-57 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com
- Naval Vessel Register - CG-57
- unofficial navysite.de: USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)
- navsource.org: USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)
 Lake Champlain conducting an emergency breakaway maneuver after completing an underway replenishment. |
 USS Lake Champlain leaving Pearl Harbor |
 The Crest of USS Lake Champlain |
 Lake Champlain missing part of the hurricane bow, c.1988. |
 Lake Champlain with hurricane bow, 2004. |
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