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USS Port Royal (CG-73)

USS Port Royal in the Gulf, 1997 (larger image)
Career
Laid down:18 October 1991
Launched:20 November 1992
Commissioned:9 July 1994
Fate:on active service
General Characteristics
Displacement:9,957 tons (full)
Length:567 ft
Beam:55 ft
Draft:24 ft
Speed:30+ knots
Complement:24 officers, 340 enlisted
Armament:AEGIS[?] weapons system, Harpoon, Tomahawk, 2 x 5-inch guns
Aircraft:Two SH-2 Seasprite, two SH-60 Sea Hawk[?]

The USS Port Royal (CG-73) is a United States Navy guided missile cruiser[?], the last to be constructed in the 20th century, and the first cruiser to integrate women into the crew.

The ship was laid down 18 October 1991 by Ingalls Shipbuilding at Pascagoula, Mississippi, launched 20 November 1992, christened by Susan G. Baker[?] (wife of James A. Baker III[?], chief of staff to President Bush), and formally commissioned 9 July 1994 at Savannah, Georgia.

The Port Royal deployed in 1996 as part of the Nimitz (CVN-68) battle group.

Her second deployment, January 2000, was with the John C. Stennis (CVN-74) battle group, participating in Operation Southern Watch[?] and returning in June for drydock repairs and upgrades.

Port Royal departed Pearl Harbor 17 November 2001 to rejoin the Stennis battle group.

(where is the ship now??)

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See USS Port Royal for other Navy ships of the same name.



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