USS Princeton
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USS Princeton is a U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser best known in popular culture for its role in the 2004 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group UFO encounter.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser
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United States Navy warship ⓘ |
| armament |
5-inch (127 mm) naval gun
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Harpoon anti-ship missiles NERFINISHED ⓘ Phalanx CIWS NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard surface-to-air missiles ⓘ Tomahawk cruise missiles NERFINISHED ⓘ Vertical Launching System (VLS) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsign | CG-59 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canEmbark | helicopters ⓘ |
| category |
Aegis cruiser
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Cold War-era warship ⓘ |
| commissioned | late 1980s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| displacement | approximately 9,600 tons (full load) ⓘ |
| event | 2004 USS Nimitz UFO incident NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapability | ballistic missile defense (BMD-capable Aegis platform) ⓘ |
| hasCrew | approximately 350 personnel ⓘ |
| hasDefensiveSystem | decoy launchers ⓘ |
| hasElectronics |
advanced air and surface search radars
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electronic warfare systems ⓘ |
| hasMission |
escort and protect aircraft carriers
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project power ashore with cruise missiles ⓘ |
| hullNumber | CG-59 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSuccessorTo | earlier USS Princeton ships ⓘ |
| locationDuringEvent | off the coast of Southern California ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Battle of Princeton
NERFINISHED
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Princeton University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalPrefix | USS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | involvement in 2004 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group UFO encounter ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| partOf | Nimitz Carrier Strike Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | gas-turbine engines ⓘ |
| role |
air defense
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anti-submarine warfare ⓘ strike warfare ⓘ surface warfare ⓘ |
| sensor | AN/SPY-1 radar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| service | United States Navy surface fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipClass | Ticonderoga class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipType | guided-missile cruiser ⓘ |
| status | active service (as of early 2020s) ⓘ |
| system | Aegis Combat System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | Global War on Terrorism operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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