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USS LEYTE GULF CG-55
USS Leyte Gulf is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile
cruiser. She was named in memory of the World War II
Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific. She is powered by
four large gas-turbine engines, and she has a large
complement of guided missiles for air defense, attack of
surface targets at sea and ashore, and anti-submarine
warfare (ASW). In addition, she carries two "Seahawk"
LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters, whose primary mission
is ASW.
On 14
October 1996, Leyte Gulf collided with the aircraft
carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt while conducting
operations off the coast of North Carolina. The incident
occurred as the carrier, without prior warning, reversed
her engines while Leyte Gulf was behind her and slammed
into the cruiser's bow.
In 2002,
Leyte Gulf won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund
Award for the Atlantic Fleet.
In
February 2011, Leyte Gulf was involved in an incident
with Somali pirates after they captured the United
States flagged yacht Quest. The cruiser returned to
Norfolk on 15 July 2011. During her deployment, she had
participated in operations which had captured 75 Somali
pirates and had missile strikes by her carrier strike
group against the Libyan government.
In January
2015, Leyte Gulf returned from a six-month deployment to
the Mediterranean Sea. The ship served as flagship of
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 for much of the
deployment.
For sizes, pricing, and lead time, please visit this
page: USS Ticonderoga
Learn more about the USS Leyte Gulf here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Leyte_Gulf
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