USS Lake Erie (CG-70)
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
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Key Takeaways
- USS Lake Erie (CG-70) is a Ticonderoga -class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1993.
- Navy's decisive victory in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
- Navy ship to be commissioned in Hawaii.
- Her keel was laid on 6 March 1990 and she was launched on 13 July 1991.
- Lake Erie is a baseline 4 Ticonderoga -class ship, with integrated AN/UYK-43/44 computers (in place of UYK-7 and UYK-20) and superset computer programs originally developed for the Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyers.
USS Lake Erie (CG-70) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1993. She was named after the U.S. Navy's decisive victory in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The cruiser was the first U.S. Navy ship to be commissioned in Hawaii.
History
Lake Erie was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. Her keel was laid on 6 March 1990 and she was launched on 13 July 1991. Upon completion of her sea-trials after construction, Lake Erie transferred to the Pacific Fleet and was commissioned on 24 July 1993 as the twenty-fourth Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in her homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Lake Erie is a baseline 4 Ticonderoga-class ship, with integrated AN/UYK-43/44 computers (in place of UYK-7 and UYK-20) and superset computer programs originally developed for the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. Lake Erie also has an improved UYS-20 data display system and various decision aids, as well as the SQS-53C sonar and the SQR-19 sonar data processor.
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