USS Ticonderoga (DDG/CG-47), nicknamed "Tico", was a guided missile cruiser built for the United States Navy. She was the lead ship of the Ticonderoga class and the first U.S. Navy combatant to incorporate the Aegis combat system. Originally ordered as a guided-missile destroyer, she was redesignated as a cruiser after capabilities from the cancelled Strike cruiser program were implemented into the ship's design. The new AEGIS system allowed Ticonderoga to track and engage many aerial targets more effectively than any previous U.S. Navy warship.
RIM-66 Standard missiles on launcher aboard USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) during tests off Puerto Rico March 1983
PH2 Buckner Hudson River, New York City....The guided missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG-47), its crew manning the rails, makes its way past a fire boat that is spraying streams of - DPLA - b1c82f52a99560444d0e950db347a370
Secretary of the Navy H. Lawrence Garrett III, right, greets members of the crew aboard the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47) while visiting the ship during FLEET EX 1- - DPLA - 3710dd4698a35e24de791a109c4887a2
An aerial bow view of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG 47) underway during sea trials - DPLA - 73a17e68d81687c1a5b111757bf27ca3
An aerial starboard bow view of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47) underway during Standard II missile tests near the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, - DPLA - 2eb68abdcab9f9165e0a478764abcb91
An honor guard stands at the parade rest during commissioning ceremonies for the first Aegis guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47) - DPLA - df6948ac948b1d560ca60104747b7ded
A port view of the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47) underway on the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, Puerto Rico, prior to a missile launch - DPLA - e7ab4fa4f1b4ed775625721bed1d22ba
Crewmen at work on the aft of the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG 47) during tests near the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. - DPLA - 1826609ae2622e10784e920e785626a4
A port bow view of the guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG 47) underway. The bow of the guided missile destroyer USS KING (DDG 41) is in the background - DPLA - 5d59967cdf49e7b71bf870c7101fa085
A Harpoon missile is launched from the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG 47) during tests near the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto R - DPLA - 9c84ea7ea3afcb5fcd31055c2bab4365