USS Monterey (CG-61)
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 Monterey (CG- 61) is a guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy and is a member of the Ticonderoga class. The name is derived from the Battle of Monterrey during the Mexican- American War.
History
CG- 61 was commissioned in 1984 and 1987 set at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Kiel. After little more than a year, the cruiser was launched and was baptized. In the summer of 1990, the commissioning took place in the fleet of the U.S. Navy.
In the summer of 1993, the Monterey moved to the side of the USS America (CV -66) to the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. In the Mediterranean, the battle group took part in the operations Deny Flight, Provide Promise and Sharp Guard, on the way to the Indian Ocean from the Red Sea in Operation Southern Watch and Operation Continue Hope to eventually then.
1996 sparked the cruiser, the USS Mississippi ( CGN- 40 ) from the Mediterranean. In January, the Monterey went with the Russian Admiral Kuznetsov an exercise in summer followed by a one-year overhaul. In 1998, the Monterey was used on the USS John C. Stennis ( CVN 74) page, 1999 then next to USS John F. Kennedy (CV -67). In 2001 she took part in the exercise UNITAS, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, she went with USS George Washington ( CVN -73) off New York City. In 2002, she moved with the carrier as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
In 2004, the ship was re- assigned to a new aircraft carriers; with the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN -75) was an exercise in the Mediterranean. During the exercise, Partnership of the Americas, the cruiser again protected the Washington, 2007, he was then flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in the Mediterranean, and later he was replaced by the USS Roosevelt ( DDG -80). The Monterey in May 2008 took part in the New York Fleet Week, lead ship of the group was the USS Kearsarge (LHD -3). In August, the cruiser moved to the side of the USS Theodore Roosevelt ( CVN -71) to the Mediterranean and from there into the Indian Ocean. There, the Monterey was part of Combined Task Force 151, which is used to combat piracy off the Somali coast. On 3 March 2009, the helicopter cruiser that prevented an attack on the merchant vessel MV Courier launched. The pirate ship was later used by the German frigate Rheinland -Pfalz ( F 209 ) is applied, detained the crew and taken to Kenya.
In March 2011, Monterey moved in European waters, where she went as part of the National Missile Defense. This trip was extended in September 2011, after the commander of the detachment provided as USS The Sullivans (DDG -68) was released from his command.