Operational and Building Data
Awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding 22 SEP 1978
Reclassified CG on 01 JAN 1980
Keel laid on 27 JAN 1980 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, MS
Launched 25 APR 1981
Commissioned 22 JAN 1983
Fire in the Aft Main Engine Exhaust Uptake 8 SEP 1984
Decommissioned 30 SEP 2004
Stricken 30 SEP 2004
Fate: Scrapped in 2021, International Shipbreaking, Brownsville, TX

First Lady Nancy Reagan christening Ticonderoga CG 47.

Ingalls photo

Port bow view while on Builders Sea Trials in the Gulf of Mexico, 7 May 1982.

Photo by Litton Shipbuilding Co.

Starboard bow view while on Builders Sea Trials in the Gulf of Mexico, 7 May 1982.

Photo by Litton Shipbuilding Co.

CAPT Roland G. Guilbault, commanding officer of the first Aegis guided missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), stands on the pier after commissioning ceremonies at Ingalls Shipbuilding, 22 January 1983.

Image from the National Archives

RIM-66 Standard MR/SM-2 missiles on a Mark 26 launcher, prior to being fired from the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) during tests near the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Photo taken by Don Muhm. (note that someone has left a bucket next to the launcher which will soon be blown over the side by the blast from the missile)

DVIC photo #DN-SC-84-10094

8 October 1983 - A bow view of the destroyer USS Spruance (DD 963), left, and the guided-missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) moored at the destroyer and submarine piers, Naval Operating Base Norfolk. Although the superstructures are different, these ships use the same basic hull and propulsion plant. The destroyer tender USS Shenandoah (AD 44) appears in the background.

U.S. Navy Photo #DN-ST-85-11657 by Don S. Montgomery.

Preparing to transfer missiles to a Combat Support Ship.

U.S. Navy Photo #330-CFD-DN-ST-88-09170 by PH2 Chris Holmes

USS Forrestal (CV 59) and Battle Group, 28 April 1989, en route to New York City for Fleet Week '89. Ships accompanying Forrestal can be identified as (clockwise from extreme left): USS McCloy (FF 1038), USS Fairfax County (LST 1193), USS Klakring (FFG 42), USS W.S. Sims (FF 1059) or USS Pharris (FF 1094), USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), USS Hayler (DD 997), W.S. Sims or Pharris, and USS Macdonough (DDG 39).

3 May 1989 - A port bow view of the guided-missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) and the destroyer USS Hayler (DD 997) moored to the newly constructed Pier 1 on Staten Island during New York City Navy Fleet Week activities.

U. S. Navy Photo #DN-SC-90-09343 by PHC Ed Bailey.

USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) transiting the Suez Canal enroute to the Mediterranean Sea, following a deployment in support of Operation Desert Shield, 22 August 1990.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Catalog #: NH 106516-KN taken by PH3 Frank A. Marquart.

Gunner's Mate (Missiles) 2nd Class Scott Purcell manning the Main Control Console (MCC) within the Integrated Control Station (ICS) for the forward Mark 26 missile launcher aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) as the vessel is underway during maritime interdiction operations.

Photographer's Name: PH2 Charles Stover Location: unknown Date Shot: 12/13/1991 Date Posted: unknown VIRIN: DN-SC-92-05973

NORFOLK, VA, 1 April 1996 - A port bow view of the guided-missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58), nested together at Norfolk Naval Operating Base. This view gives a side-by-side comparison of the two Aegis classes of warships.

U.S. Navy photo #DN-SC-97-00787 by: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret).

12 December 2000 - The guided missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) gets underway from Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., for a scheduled deployment. .

U.S. Navy photo #001212-N-1012K-501 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class J.B. Keefer.

Atlantic Ocean, 18 January 2002 - (from lead, in foreground) USS Underwood (FFG 36), USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), USS Carney (DDG 64), USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), and USS Taylor (FFG 50) steam in a "Ships Parade" formation during Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 2002.

U.S. Navy Photo #020118-N-6153P-001 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Phil Pruitt.

Ex-Ticonderoga (CG 47) is towed out of Naval Station Pascagoula immediately following the ship's decommissioning ceremony. Ticonderoga was the fifth ship to bear the name and spent the past eight years homeported at Naval Station Pascagoula. The ship will be towed to the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Pa., where a final decision on the eventual disposition of the ship will be made.

U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington.

ex-USS Ticonderoga (CG -47) being towed by tug Miss Rui passing the jetties, South Padre Island, TX. on her way to the breakers; 23 September /2020.

Photo credit Shaw, Museum Ships Group.