August 1989. The Sevastopol. Photo from the archives of A. Andreev.

Country: USA.
Class, [Type]: Ticonderoga, [CG].

Callsign: NTSG (     )

Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA.
Launch date: 14 December 1985.
Commission date: 22 August 1987.
Decommission date: 15 December 2005.

Displacement ( tons ): 9750 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 173 x 16,8 x 10,2.
Main machinery: 4 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 86000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 32.
Range ( miles ): 6000 at 20 knots.
Complement: 400 ( 33 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 1 127mm Mk45 Mod2, 2 x 1 25mm Mk38 Bushmaster, 2 x 6 20mm GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS block1B, 4 x 1 12,7mm.
Missiles: SSM: 2 x 4 Harpoon; SAM/ASW: 2 x 2 Mk26 GDC 68 x RIM-66 Standard SM-2MR; 20 x RUR-5 ASROC.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32; 36 x Mk46 Mod5.

Radars: Air: AN/SPY-1A, AN/SPS-49; Surface: AN/SPS-55; Navigation: AN/SPS-64; Fire Control: AN/SPQ-9A; 4 x AN/SPG-62 target illumination; TACAN: AN/URN-25, IFF Mk12 AIMS AN/UPX-2.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x SRBOC Mk36 launchers; Towed torpedo decoye AN/SLQ-25 Nixie; ESM/ECM: AN/SLQ-32V(3).
Helicopters: 2 x SH-60B Sea Hawk LAMPS III.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1989 | 1997