Military Product Description
This CG-66 USS Hue City Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.
USS HUÉ CITY is the 20th ship in the TICONDEROGA class of guided missile cruisers and is the only ship in the Navy named after a battle of the Vietnam War.
General Characteristics: Keel Laid: February 20, 1989
Launched: June 1, 1990
Commissioned: September 14, 1991
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: 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
Homeport: Mayport, Fla.
Crew: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers and approx. 340 Enlisted