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Ticonderoga differed somewhat from the earlier Essex-class ships in that she was 16 ft (4.9 m) longer to accommodate bow-mounted anti-aircraft guns. Most subsequent Essex-class carriers were completed to this "long-hull" design and according to Phillip St. John Ph.D. they were referred to as the Ticonderoga class. At the end of her career, after a number of modifications, she was said to be in the Hancock class according to the Naval vessel register.
Ticonderoga was decommissioned in 1973 and sold for scrap in 1974.
Name: U.S.S. Ticonderoga Class: Essex Hull Number: 14 Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Laid down: 1 February 1943 Launched: 7 February 1944 |
Commissioned: 8 May 1944 1 October 1954 Decommissioned: 9 January 1947 1 September 1973 Struck: 16 November 1973 |
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