Some 45 long years ago today. First Lady Nancy Reagan christening the future USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) at Litton Ingalls’ West Bank Yard, Pascagoula, on Saturday, 16 May 1981. The lead ship of her class and the first warship designed to use the Aegis system from the keel up, was sponsored by Mrs. Reagan at a weekend event attended by approximately 9,000 people, including several former crewmen of the aircraft carrier to carry the same name. . National Archives Identifier 6368659, Agency-Assigned Identifier DNSC8305355, Local Identifier 330-CFD-DN-SC-83-05355 She would commission 20 months later and give 21 years of hard service. At 9,800 tons displacement and 567 feet overall length, she compared well to the Omaha-class light cruisers (9,500 tons, 555 feet oal) of 60 years prior, although with a much smaller crew and much more advanced armament and sensors unthought of in 1921. The future Aegis guided missile cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) underway on sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico,…
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