USS Robert Smalls
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USS Robert Smalls (CG-62) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser built during the Cold War for the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1989, the warship was originally named USS Chancellorsville for the American Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville. In March 2023, she was renamed for Robert Smalls, a former slave who freed himself and others by commandeering a Confederate transport ship.
Robert Smalls transits the Indian Ocean in 2023 | |
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Name | Robert Smalls |
Namesake | |
Ordered | 26 November 1984 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 24 June 1987 |
Launched | 15 July 1988 |
Sponsored by | Sharron M. Martin, the wife of Vice Adm. Edward H. Martin[1] |
Christened | 23 July 1988 |
Commissioned | 4 November 1989 |
Maiden voyage | March 1991 |
Renamed | from Chancellorsville[2] |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
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Status | in active service |
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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) |
Draught | 34 feet (10.2 meters) |
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Speed | 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Complement | 30 officers and 300 enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. |
Until 30 December 2011, the ship was operationally part of Carrier Strike Group Seven. In 2010 she was administratively under the command of Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific.[3] She was assigned to Carrier Strike Group Five and is deployed to Yokosuka, Japan.[4]
Robert Smalls is equipped with guided missiles and rapid-fire cannons, with anti-air, anti-surface and anti-subsurface capabilities. She also carries two MH-60R Seahawk Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) helicopters, focused on anti-submarine warfare.