USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)

History of the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)

The USS Ticonderoga (CV/CVA/CVS-14) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers that served with the United States Navy during World War II. built. The ship was the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, and was named after the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War. Commissioned in May 1944, Ticonderoga served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater and was awarded five Battle Stars. Retired shortly after the war, she was modernized and returned to service as an attack carrier (CVA) in the early 1950s, eventually becoming an anti-submarine carrier (CVS).

She returned too late to serve in the Korean War, but was very active in the Vietnam War, earning three Navy Unit Commendations, one Merit Unit Commendation, and 12 Battle Stars.

The Ticonderoga was somewhat different from earlier Essex-class ships in that it was 16 feet (4.9 m) long to accommodate the bow-mounted anti-aircraft guns. Most subsequent Essex-class carriers were of this "long hull" design and designated the Ticonderoga class.

At the end of her career, after a series of modifications, she was said to belong to the Hancock class, according to the Navy Ship Register.

Ticonderoga was decommissioned in 1973 and scrapped in 1975.

Specification

Base

Year of Service

1944

Origins

United States

Status

stop service

destroyed, scrapped.

supplement

3,448

staff

Class information

Class

Essex class

Class Size

24

ships

Class

Short Team: USS Essex (CV-9); USS Yorktown (CV-10); USS Intrepid (CV-11); USS Hornet (CV-12); USS Franklin (CV-13); USS Lexington (CV-16); USS Bunker Hill (CV-17); USS Wasp (CV-18); USS Bennington (CV-20); Good Man Richard (CV-31); Oriskany (CV-34) Longship: Ticonderoga (CV-14); Randolph (CV-15); USS Hancock (CV-19); USS Boxer (CV-21); USS Wright Aircraft Carrier (CV-32); USS Kearsarge (CV-33); USS Retaliation (CV-35); USS Antietam (CV-36); USS Princeton (CV-37); USS Shangri-La (CV-38); USS Plan Lake (CV-39); USS Tarawa (CV-40); USS Valley Forge (CV-45); USS Iwo Jima (CV-46); USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)

Carrier

United States

Roles

Flagships/Capital Ships

Taking on the role of fleet flagship or capital ship in old battleship design/terminology.

Dimensions and Weight

Length

888.0ft

270.66 m

Ray

93. 0 feet

28.35m

Draft

28.6 feet

8.72m

Shift

27,100 t

Power and Performance

Installed Power:

8 x boilers and 4 x Westinghouse gear steam turbines producing 150,000 hp on 4 x shafts.

Surface Velocity

33.0 nodes

(38.0km/h)

weapons

4 x 5" (127mm)/38 caliber gun (dual turret)

4 x 5" (127 mm) /38 caliber gun (single turret).

8 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) guns (four-gun turret).

46 x 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun (single turret)

Aircraft

Up to 100 aircraft of different makes and models.