USS Yorktown (DDG-48/CG-48) was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy from 1984 to 2004, named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown.

The annulet and gold cross allude to a telescopic gun sight and recognize the birth of modern naval gunnery in the second USS Yorktown with the first successful test of a telescopic gun sight in 1892.

USS YORKTOWN was the second ship in the TICONDEROGA - class of guided missile cruisers and the fifth ship in the Navy to bear this historic name. USS YORKTOWN was the Navy's test platform for the Smart Ship Project. The cruiser was last homeported in Pascagoula, Miss., and is now berthed at the Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility ...

Commissioned on July 4, 1984 Decommissioned on December 10, 2004

The USS Yorktown (CG-48) In 1983, the Mathews traveled to Pascagoula, Mississippi, to attend the christening of the second Aegis guided missile cruiser – the USS Yorktown. Tragically, Nick died on the flight, but Miss Mary remained determined to continue with her …

CG-48 General Specifications. Class: Ticonderoga-class cruiser. Complement: 33 Officers and 357 Enlisted. Displacement: 9600 tons. Length: 567 feet . Beam: 55 feet . Draft: 23 feet . Final Disposition: In reserve at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Pennsylvania scheduled for scrapping within the next five yea

USS Yorktown (CG 48) cruises the Caribbean Sea towards Colombia, South America, February 24, 2002. A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) with the New York City skyline in the background.

The Soviet Krivak I class guided missile frigate Bezzavetny (FFG 811) as it impacts guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48), on 12 February 1988, as the American ship exercises the right of free passage through the Soviet-claimed 12-mile territorial waters in the Black Sea.

USS Yorktown (DDG-48/CG-48) was a Ticonderoga -class cruiser in the United States Navy from 1984 to 2004, named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown. Yorktown was commissioned on 4 July 1984 at Yorktown, Virginia, and was designed to take advantage of the American Aegis technology.

Mar 24, 2021 · This regional tie was the 1988 ramming of USS Yorktown (CG 48) and the U.S. naval destroyer, USS Caron (DD 970), in the Black Sea. The people of Yorktown had a fondness for their namesake...