Military Product Description
This CG-59 USS Princeton Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.
USS PRINCETON is the 13th TICONDEROGA class guided missile cruiser and the 11th ship of that class built by Ingalls. USS PRINCETON is the sixth ship in the Navy to bear this name.
General Characteristics: Awarded: December 16, 1983
Keel laid: October 15, 1986
Launched: October 2, 1987
Commissioned: February 11, 1989
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, Calif.
Crew: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers and approx. 340 Enlisted