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USS YORKTOWN
(CG-48)Victory Is Our Tradition
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USS YORKTOWN (CG-48) - a Ticonderoga-class cruiser
In Commission 1984 to 2004CG-48 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a CG-48 Shellback Initiation | Add a CG-48 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| OCT | 1981 | Keel Date: 19 OCT 1981 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS |
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| JAN | 1983 | Launch Date: 17 JAN 1983 | |||
| JUL | 1984 | Commissioned: 4 JUL 1984 | |||
| AUG | 1985 | - | APR | 1986 | Med - Black Sea - Achille Lauro hijacking |
| JUL | 1987 | - | MAR | 1988 | Med - Black Sea - Collision with Russian frigate |
| SEP | 1996 | - | - | - | Homeport changed to Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| OCT | 1999 | - | FEB | 2000 | Counter-Drug Op Deployment |
| FEB | 2002 | - | APR | 2002 | UNITAS |
| FEB | 2004 | - | SEP | 2004 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| DEC | 2004 | Decommissioned: 10 DEC 2004 | |||
CG-48 General Specifications
Class: Ticonderoga-class cruiser
Complement: 33 Officers and 357 Enlisted
Displacement: 9600 tons
Length: 567 feet
Beam: 55 feet
Draft: 23 feet
Final Disposition: In reserve at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Pennsylvania scheduled for scrapping within the next five yea

































