CG49 Vincennes

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Author: Leo Van Ginderen collection
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name: CG49 Vincennes
commissioned: 1985
flag: United States
dimensions: 173.00 x 16.80 x 10.20 m
type: "Ticonderoga" class Aegis guided missile cruiser
specs: crew: 33 officers, 27 chief petty officers, and approx. 340 enlisted

aviation: 2 × Sikorsky SH-60B or MH-60R Seahawk helicopters
speed: 30.00 kn
former name(s): new name(s):
No known former names No known new names
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Extra info:
On 03/07/1988 this cruiser shot down the civilian airliner IR655 of the Airbus A300 type. Due to circumstances the Vincennes had identified the airliner as an Iranian F14 fighter jet. All 290 souls were lost.
Converted? This vessel has not been converted.
Museum? No
Decommissioned? This vessel was decommissioned or transfered in the year 2005
Scrapping? This vessel was sold to United States in the year 2010 for scrapping.
Severely damaged? No