Military Product Description
This CG-53 USS Mobile Bay Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.
USS MOBILE BAY is the seventh ship in the TICONDEROGA class and the second cruiser of that class equipped with the Mk 41 VLS.
General Characteristics: Awarded: January 15, 1982
Keel laid: June 6, 1984
Launched: August 22, 1985
Commissioned: February 21, 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: 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: San Diego, CA
Crew: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers and approx. 340 Enlisted