USS Vincennes (CG-49)

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USS Vincennes
Career
Ordered:	28 August 1981
Laid down:	19 October 1982
Launched:	14 January 1984
Commissioned:	3 June 1985
Decommissioned:
Fate:	Active in service
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	9,600 tons
Length:	567 ft
Beam:	55 ft
Draft:	33 ft
Propulsion:	4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp
Speed:	30+ knots
Range:
Complement:	387 officers and enlisted
Armament:	2 × Mk 26 missile launchers, 88 × RIM-67 SM-2, 8 × AGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × 5 in, 2–4 × 12.7 mm guns, 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft:	2 × SH-2 Seasprite helicopters
Motto:

The fourth USS Vincennes (CG-49) is a U.S. Navy AEGIS guided missile cruiser. Vincennes shot down an Iran Air Airbus A300B2 on July 3, 1988. The incident occurred in the the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in 290 fatalities. (For full discussion of the different versions of the events please see Iran Air Flight 655)

Following an investigation and a report by Admiral William Fogarty, which was received with skepticism by some who considered it flawed, Commander William C. Rogers III and his crew were exonerated and subsequently decorated. The officers involved in the decision to shoot down the Iranian plane, including the radar officer who misidentified the aircraft, were all ultimately promoted. Officially, it was asserted that they reacted appropriately in light of the Stark incident the previous year, but unofficially many questions remain regarding the decision-making process employed by Vincennes' commander and crew.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.

External link

• Official web site

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