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USS San Jacinto (CG-56)
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For other U. S. Navy ships named San Jacinto, see USS San Jacinto
 USS San Jacinto (CG-56) |
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Ordered: | 20 June 1983 |
| Laid down: | 24 July 1985 |
| Launched: | 14 November 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 23 January 1988 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007 |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| 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: | Victory Is Certain |
| Nickname: | San Jac |
USS San Jacinto (CG-56) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution.
The "San Jac" was built at the Pascagoula, Mississippi and commissioned January 23, 1988 by then Vice President George H. W. Bush in Houston, Texas. She completed her fitting out & work-ups, then deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in late March 1989, returning in October. While San Jacinto' and her sistership Philippine Sea were underway off the Virginia coast performing testing of their Mk 7 AEGIS weapons systems (SPY-1A & Standard Missiles), the Iraqi army invaded and occupied Kuwait. The next day the Philippine Sea detached and headed back to Mayport, Florida. The day after that, the San Jacinto returned to her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia to prepare for the massive sortie to the Middle East.
After CINCLANT had all their ships provisioned, barely 5 days later, San Jacinto headed for the Mediterranean. Other ships in the battle group included USS America (CV-66), USS Philippine Sea (CG-58), and USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67).
She fired the opening shots of Operation Desert Storm with the launch of two BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles, firing a total of 16 missiles during the 43-day war. While stationed in a search area at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in the Red Sea, her VBSS (Visit/Boarding/Search/Seizure) teams inspected several dozen ships for contraband being smuggled for the Iraqi government. The crew came to call that duty station 'San-Jacircles' or 'San-Jac in the Box'.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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