USS Monterey (CG-61)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Monterey.

USS Monterey (CG-61) departs Souda Bay on the island of Crete in Greece.
Career (USA)
Name: USS Monterey
Namesake: Battle of Monterrey, Nuevo León
Operator:  United States Navy
Ordered: 26 November 1984
Builder: Bath Iron Works
Laid down: 19 August 1987
Launched: 23 October 1988
Commissioned: 16 June 1990
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia
Motto: Rough In Battle And Ready In Peace
Status: in active service, as of 2012
General characteristics
Class and type: Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser
Displacement: Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
Length: 567 feet (173 m)
Beam: 55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draught: 34 feet (10.2 meters)
Propulsion:

4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines, 80,000 shaft horsepower (60,000 kW)
2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers

2 × rudders
Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h)
Complement: 33 officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers, and approx. 340 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:

AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar
AN/SPS-49 air search radar
AN/SPG-62 fire control radar
AN/SPS-73 surface search radar
AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar
AN/SQQ-89(V)3 Sonar suite, consisting of

AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
Armament: 2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems
122 × Mix of RIM-66M-5 Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB, RIM-156A SM-2ER Block IV, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162A ESSM, RIM-174A Standard ERAM, BGM-109 Tomahawk, or RUM-139A VL-ASROC
8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles
2 × Mk 45 Mod 2 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun
2 × 25 mm Mk 38 gun
2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun
2 × Phalanx CIWS Block 1B
2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes for lightweight torpedoes
Aircraft carried: 2 × Sikorsky SH-60B or MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.

USS Monterey (CG-61) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Monterrey at Monterrey, Nuevo León during the Mexican-American War in 1846.[1] She was built at Bath Iron Works in Maine.

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Recent Service

During Carrier Group Seven's deployment in 1998, Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 42 (HSL-42), Detachment 2 deployed two SH-60B Seahawk onboard the Monterey.[2]

On March 4, 2009, USS Monterey assisted in the first ever German Navy arrest of pirates (9 in all) off the coast of the Horn of Africa.[3] The Monterey dispatched helicopters in the attack of an Antiguan ship, the MV Courier.

In March 2011, USS Monterey was sent to the Mediterranean as the first part of the planned European anti-ballistic missile defense shield.[4] In June 2011, USS Monterey arrived in the Black Sea to participate in multinational military exercises, "Sea Breeze 2011", cosponsored by the U.S. and Ukraine, whose theme is antipiracy operations, leading to the protests from Russia.[5]

Awards

On 16 February 2007, Monterey was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award.[6]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ USS Monterey website: The Battle of Monterey
  2. ^ Curtis A. Utz and Mark L. Evans (July–August 2002). "The Year in Review 1998, Part 2" (PDF). Naval Aviation News. Washington, DC: U.S. Navy. p. 18. http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1990s/1999/ja99/yirpart2.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-22. "LAMPS MK III Ship Deployments, 2000" 
  3. ^ Times of India.
  4. ^ "U.S. Says Radar Ship Deployment Part Of Missile-Defense Shield." Radio Free Europe, 2 March 2011.
  5. ^ U.S. Warship Monterey Visits Batumi. Civil Georgia. 20 June 2011.
  6. ^ U.S. Navy: Surface Force Ships, Crews Earn Battle "E", Story ID NNS070219-04, February 19, 2007

External links

This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.

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