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U.S.S. ANTIETAM

(CG-54)

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The USS ANTIETAM (CG-54), a Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser, was commissioned on 6 JUN 1987. USS ANTIETAM serves her country from her homeport of San Diego, California.

The USS ANTIETAM (CG-54) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:

CG-54 Deployments - Major Events

Add a CG-54 Shellback Initiation Add a CG-54 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1984-Keel Date: 15 NOV 1984
at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS
FEB1986-Launch Date: 14 FEB 1986
JUN1987-Commissioned: 6 JUN 1987
JUL1988-JAN1989West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JAN1989-Shellback Initiation - 10 JAN 1989 - Pacific Ocean
JUN1990-Shellback Initiation - 31 JUN 1990 - Pacific Ocean
JUN1990-DEC1990West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JAN1992-JUL1992West Pac
JUN1992-Shellback Initiation - 22 JUN 1992 - Indian Ocean
FEB1994-AUG1994West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JUN1996-JUL1996RIMPAC
OCT1996-DEC1996West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
FEB1997- Shellback Initiation - 28 FEB 1997 - Indian Ocean
JUN1998-JUL1998RIMPAC
OCT1998-APR1999West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
JUN1999-SEP1999Western Pacific and Central America Counter-Narcotics Deploy men
JUL2001-DEC2001West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
AUG2001-FEB2002West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
DEC2001-Shellback Initiation - 27 DEC 2001 - Pacific Ocean
DEC2001-OCT2002West Pac
JAN2003-OCT2003West Pac
JUL2003-Shellback Initiation - 3 JUL 2003 - Pacific Ocean
FEB2005-AUG2005West Pac

CG-54 General Specifications

Class: Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser

Named for: Battle of Antietam

Complement: 33 Officers and 357 Enlisted

Displacement: 9600 tons

Length: 567 feet

Beam: 55 feet

Flank Speed: 32 Knots



USS ANTIETAM (CG-54)



The third Antietam (CG-54) was laid down on 15 November 1984 at Pascagoula, Miss., by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 15 February 1986; sponsored by the Honorable Beverly B. Byron, Representative from Maryland's 6th Congressional District, who christened the guided-missile cruiser on 19 April 1986; and commissioned on 22 May 1987, Capt. Philip J. Coady, Jr., in command.

The warship spent the remainder of 1987 fitting out and conducting her shakedown training. In January of 1988, she entered Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. for post-shakedown repairs and alterations. Antietam completed the availability early in March and began operations along the coast of California during which she carried out two research projects for the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in addition to the normal routine of refresher training, systems' tests, and readiness certifications. That summer, the warship participated in the multinational exercise, RIMPAC '88, the second phase of which took her to the Hawaiian operating area.

On 2 September, Antietam embarked upon her first overseas deployment, an assignment that first took her to the Far East and then, late in October, across the Indian Ocean to the troubled Middle East. After a tour of duty patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, the guided-missile cruiser headed back across the Indian Ocean late in December, and the last day of 1988 found her in port at Singapore.

[Note: The above USS ANTIETAM (CG-54) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS ANTIETAM (CG-54), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]