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Ticonderoga-Class guided missile Cruiser, outbound from the Clyde, to take part in 'Joint Warrior 2009', which began on 11th May.

USS PHILIPPINE SEA is the twelfth ship in the TICONDEROGA - class of guided missile cruisers and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name.
General Characteristics: Keel Laid: May 8, 1986
Launched: July 12, 1987
Commissioned: March 3, 1989
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Blades on each Propeller: five
Length: 567 feet (173 meters)
Beam: 55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft: 34 feet (10.2 meters)
Displacement: approx. 9,600 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Cost: about $1 billion
Aircraft: two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS 3)
Armament: two Mk 41 VLS for Standard missiles, Tomahawk, ASROC; Mk 46 torpedoes, Harpoon missile launchers, two Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, two Phalanx CIWS, two Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm machine gun systems
Homeport: Mayport, Fla.
Crew: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers and approx. 324 Enlisted
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