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USS Ticonderoga CV-14 Apollo 17 Recovery Cruise Book The fourth USS Ticonderoga (CV-14/CVA-14/CVS-14) of the United States Navy was an aircraft carrier.The ship was laid down as Hancock on 1 February 1943 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.; renamed Ticonderoga on 1 May 1943, launched on 7 February 1944, sponsored by Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell, and commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 8 May 1944, Captain Dixie Kiefer in command. The name itself refers to the historic Fort Ticonderoga which played a part in early American history. It was the first of the "long-hull" sub-class of Essex Class carriers, and is often considered the lead ship of the Ticonderoga class.Final deployments During the first month of 1969, Ticonderoga made preparations for her fifth consecutive combat deployment to the Southeast Asia area. On 1 February, she cleared San Diego and headed west. After a brief stop at Pearl Harbor a week later, she continued her voyage to Yokosuka w she arrived on the 20th. The carrier departed Yokosuka on the 28th for the coast of Vietnam w she arrived on 4 March. Over the next four months, Ticonderoga served four periods on the line off Vietnam, interdicting communist supply lines and making strikes against their positions.During her second line period, however, her tour of duty off Vietnam came to an abrupt end on 16 April when she was shifted north to the Sea of Japan. North Korean aircraft had shot down a Navy reconnaissance plane in the area, and Ticonderoga was called upon to beef up the forces assigned to the vicinity. However, the crisis abated, and Ticonderoga entered Subic Bay on 27 April for upkeep. On 8 May, she departed the Philippines to return to "Yankee Station" and resumed interdiction operations. Between her third and fourth line periods, the carrier visited Sasebo and Hong Kong.The aircraft carrier took station off Vietnam for her last line period of the deployment on 26 June and t followed 37 more days of highly successful air sorties against enemy targets. Following that tour, she joined TF 71 in the Sea of Japan for the remainder of the deployment. Ticonderoga concluded the deployment âe" a highly successful one, for she received her third Navy Unit Commendation for her operations during that tour of duty âe" when she left Subic Bay on 4 September.The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. 
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