U.S.S. Vella Gulf
CG-72
2003
(Argos AS-17a)
- Class: Bunker Hill -- 22 guided missile cruisers of 1982-88
- Displacement: 9,589 tons
- Dimensions: 532'8" (wl) 565'10" (oa) x 55' x 31'6"
- Machinery: 4 gas turbines (General Electric LM 2500); 80,000 shp; 2 shafts
- Speed: 30+ knots
- Missiles: 2 61-cell Mk-41 VLS for Standard-MR/Tomahawk/VLA; 8 Harpoon SSm (2 quad canisters Mk 141)
- Guns: 2-5"/54 DP Mk 45 (2x1); 2-20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15 (2x1); 2-25mm Bushmaster MG
- ASW weapons: Vertical Launch ASROC fired from VLS; 6 12.75" T.T. Mk 32 (2x3)
- Helicopters: 2 LAMPS Helos
- Complement: 364
- Builder: Litton/Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
- Keel Laid: 22 Apr 1991
- Launched: 13 Jun 1992
- Commissioned: 18 Sep 1993
- Notes: Also known as Ticonderoga Flight II.
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