San Diego’s USS Lake Champlain Deploying to Western Pacific

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The USS Lake Champlain on April 30. Navy photo

The USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) is scheduled to depart San Diego for a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific, Jan. 4.

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The guided-missile cruiser will deploy as part of the Carl Vinson Strike Group. It completed a six-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific region last year.

Lake Champlain is led by Capt. Jen Ellinger who assumed command in September.

Commissioned on Aug. 12, 1988, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser is operated by more than 350 Sailors and carries Tomahawk missiles, standard SM-2 surface to air missiles, two 5-inch dual purpose guns, and two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters.

—City News Service

San Diego’s USS Lake Champlain Deploying to Western Pacific was last modified: January 3rd, 2018 by Debbie L. Sklar

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