USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)

9750 tons

173 meters

16.80 meters

10.2 meters

About 390

Four gas turbines, two shafts together with 80,000 hp

30 nodes

2 starter for anti-ship missiles, 2 triple torpedo launchers, 2 guns 127 mm, 122 VLS cells

The USS Lake Champlain (CG -57) Guided Missile Cruiser is a United States Navy and is a member of the Ticonderoga class.

History

The Lake Champlain was given in 1983 at the shipyard Ingalls Shipbuilding in order. There, the cruiser was laid in 1986 Kiel and left after 13 months from the stack. The ship's name is derived from the battle of Lake Champlain in 1814. Commissioned into the United States Navy took place 1988 in New York City, then drove the Lake Champlain through the Strait of Magellan into the Pacific to its home port of San Diego. In bad weather, the ship lost while parts of the bugs that were demolished in the storm.

Your first deposit made ​​the Lake Champlain during Operation Desert Storm. On the way back from the Gulf, the cruiser supported then rescue operations following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. As part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the Lake Champlain was also used in the environment of Afghanistan.

2006, the cruiser was involved in Exercise Valiant Shield, he went into the battle group led by the USS Ronald Reagan ( CVN -76). In early 2007, the cruiser then ran from the Reagan. Among other things, the ships took part in exercises with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces. In September, the Lake Champlain docked in San Diego to be overhauled. During the overhaul broke on November 10 from a fire that injured two workers at the ship but did no major damage.

In January 2009, the Lake Champlain laid out with the battle group led by the USS Boxer ( LHD -4) in the Western Pacific and the Persian Gulf. The end of 2010 was followed by a drive use in the Atlantic Ocean and the Middle East. Among other things, the cruiser participated in anti-submarine exercises with the navies of Australia and Italy in part.