Military Product Description
This CG-51 USS Thomas S Gates Patch Military Insignia Navy Cruiser measures 5 inches and is new.
USS THOMAS S. GATES was the fifth ship in the TICONDEROGA - class and the last ship of that class equipped with the Mk-26 missile launchers. THOMAS S. GATES was also the only ship in her class to be named after a person and not after a famous American battle.
General Characteristics: Awarded: May 20, 1982
Keel laid: August 31, 1984
Launched: December 14, 1985
Commissioned: August 22, 1987
Decommissioned: December 14, 2005
Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
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-26 missile launchers for Standard missiles and ASROC; Mk 46 torpedoes, Harpoon missile launchers, two Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, two Phalanx CIWS
Crew: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers and approx. 340 Enlisted