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The USS Ticonderoga was the first of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers. She was named after the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, in 1775. The Ticonderoga, or Tico was ordered on the 22nd September 1978, as a guided-missile destroyer. She was changed to a cruiser, because of the capabilities of the AEGIS Combat System. She was built at Ingalls Shipbuilding and was launched on the 25th April 1981. She was commissioned nearly 2 years later and served on until late September 2004. She is currently at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, in Philadelphia.

She is/has:

• 173m long
  
• a draught of 10m
  
• a beam of 17m
  

Armament:

• 2x Mark 26 missile launchers
  
• 8x Harpoon missiles
  
• 2x Naval guns
  
• 2x Phalanx CIWS
  
• 2x Mark 32 triple torpedo launchers