Military Product Description
This CG-54 USS Antietam Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.
USS ANTIETAM is the eighth ship in the TICONDEROGA - class of guided missile cruisers and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name.
General Characteristics: Awarded: June 20, 1983
Keel laid: November 15, 1984
Launched: February 14, 1986
Commissioned: June 6, 1987
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
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: 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
Homeport: San Diego, Calif.
Crew: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers and approx. 340 Enlisted