USS Lake Erie (CG-70)

	USS Lake Erie at Pearl Harbor on 26 June 2008
History
United States
Name	Lake Erie
Namesake	Battle of Lake Erie
Awarded	25 February 1988
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	6 March 1990
Launched	13 July 1991
Acquired	12 March 1993
Commissioned	24 July 1993
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	MMSI number: 366967000; Call sign: NCDP; ; Hull number: CG-70;
Motto	Courage, Determination, Peace
Honors and; awards	Battle Effectiveness Award – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2023
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
Displacement	Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
Length	567 feet (173 m)
Beam	55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft	34 feet (10.2 meters)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines; 2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers; 2 × rudders;
Speed	32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Complement	30 officers and 300 enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar; AN/SPS-49 air search radar (Removed on some ships); AN/SPG-62 fire control radar; AN/SPS-73 surface search radar; AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar; AN/SQQ-89(V)1/3 - A(V)15 Sonar suite, consisting of:; AN/SQS-53B/C/D active sonar; AN/SQR-19 TACTAS, AN/SQR-19B ITASS, & MFTA passive sonar; AN/SQQ-28 light airborne multi-purpose system;
Armament	2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems containing; 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; RUM-139A VL-ASROC; 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles; 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/62 caliber Mark 45 Mod 4 lightweight gun; 2 × Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems; 2–4 × .50 in (12.7 mm) cal. machine gun; 2 × Phalanx CIWS Block 1B; 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes;
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters.

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.^[5]

^ "Ship's Crest". USS Lake Erie (CG-70). Archived from the original on 25 December 2007.
^ "Rear Admiral Joseph A. Horn, Jr". United States Navy Biography. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
^ Donnelly, Teresa (23 February 2007). "Russell, Lake Erie win Battle 'E' Award" (PDF). Hawai'i Navy News. Vol. 32, no. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2009.
^ Lantron, Michael A. (7 March 2008). "Pearl Harbor ships earn Battle "E"" (PDF). Hawai'i Navy News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2012.
^ Buck, Tommy (7 August 2006). "Lake Erie Celebrates 13 Years of Success on the Seas". Navy News Service. NNS060807-20.

[1] "Ship's Crest". USS Lake Erie (CG-70). Archived from the original on 25 December 2007.

[2] "Rear Admiral Joseph A. Horn, Jr". United States Navy Biography. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

[3] Donnelly, Teresa (23 February 2007). "Russell, Lake Erie win Battle 'E' Award" (PDF). Hawai'i Navy News. Vol. 32, no. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2009.

[4] Lantron, Michael A. (7 March 2008). "Pearl Harbor ships earn Battle "E"" (PDF). Hawai'i Navy News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2012.

[5] Buck, Tommy (7 August 2006). "Lake Erie Celebrates 13 Years of Success on the Seas". Navy News Service. NNS060807-20.

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History
USS Lake Erie at Pearl Harbor on 26 June 2008
United States
Name	Lake Erie
Namesake	Battle of Lake Erie
Awarded	25 February 1988
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	6 March 1990
Launched	13 July 1991
Acquired	12 March 1993
Commissioned	24 July 1993
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	MMSI number: 366967000 Call sign: NCDP Hull number: CG-70
Motto	Courage, Determination, Peace^[1]
Honors and awards	Battle Effectiveness Award – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2023^[2]^[3]^[4]
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
Displacement	Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
Length	567 feet (173 m)
Beam	55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft	34 feet (10.2 meters)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines 2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers 2 × rudders
Speed	32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Complement	30 officers and 300 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar AN/SPS-49 air search radar (Removed on some ships) AN/SPG-62 fire control radar AN/SPS-73 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar AN/SQQ-89(V)1/3 - A(V)15 Sonar suite, consisting of: AN/SQS-53B/C/D active sonar AN/SQR-19 TACTAS, AN/SQR-19B ITASS, & MFTA passive sonar AN/SQQ-28 light airborne multi-purpose system
Armament	2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems containing 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 RUM-139A VL-ASROC 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/62 caliber Mark 45 Mod 4 lightweight gun 2 × Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems 2–4 × .50 in (12.7 mm) cal. machine gun 2 × Phalanx CIWS Block 1B 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters.