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USS MOBILE BAY

(CG-53)

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USS MOBILE BAY (CG-53) - a Ticonderoga class cruiser

In Commission 1987 to Present

CG-53 Deployments - Major Events

Add a CG-53 Shellback Initiation Add a CG-53 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN 1984 Keel Date: 6 JUN 1984
at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS
AUG 1985 Launch Date: 22 AUG 1985
FEB 1987 Commissioned: 21 FEB 1987
FEB 1987 - - - Commisioning
JUL 1989 - - - Shellback Initiation - 12 JUL 1989 - Atlantic Ocean
AUG 1990 - MAY 1991 Desert Shield & Desert Storm
OCT 1993 - MAR 1994 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JUN 1994 - JUL 1994 RIMPAC
AUG 1995 - DEC 1995 West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
DEC 2005 - JUN 2006 west pac
DEC 2005 - JUN 2006 West Pac
DEC 2005 - JUL 2006 west pac
JUN 2008 - JAN 2009 West Pac
AUG 2011 - SEP 2011 Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf

CG-53 General Specifications

Class: Ticonderoga class cruiser

Named for: Battle of Mobile Bay

Complement: 33 Officers and 357 Enlisted

Displacement: 9600 tons

Length: 567 feet

Beam: 55 feet

Flank Speed: 32 Knots