Ticonderoga-class cruiser
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The Ticonderoga class of guided-missile cruisers is a class of warships of the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in the 1978 fiscal year. It was originally planned as a class of destroy
USS Cape St. George, the most recent Ticonderoga-class cruiser still in service, in 2008
From left to right: ex-Thomas S. Gates, ex-Ticonderoga, and ex-Yorktown laid up in Philadelphia, May 2016
Ticonderoga-class cruisers (right) were built on the same hull as the Spruance-class destroyer (left).
An overhead view of the Ticonderoga class Lake Champlain, with VLS visible fore and aft as the gray boxes near the bow and stern of the ship
The Mark 41 vertical launching system is a shipborne missile canister launching system which provides a rapid-fire launch capability against hostile threats. The vertical launching system concept was
A single 8-cell Mk 41 VLS module fitted to New Zealand frigate HMNZS Te Kaha
Mark 41 Mod 0 vertical launching system on USS Chosin
A Tomahawk missile being launched from the Mark 41 vertical launching system aboard the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Farragut
The VLS cells onboard USS San Jacinto.