USS Antietam
(CG 54)
Ticonderoga Class Missile Cruiser

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Photographed by Rob Mackie
San Francisco, California
12 October 1997

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View from bridge

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Fwd 5" gun

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Forecastle

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Bow

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Bridge

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Forward phased array

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5" mount detail

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Stern

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Vulcan phalanx CIWS

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Chaff launcher

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Launch

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Mainmast

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Stacks

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Flight Deck & Hangar

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Seahawk

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Aft looking forward

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Aft VLS cells

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Aft 5" mount

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Port side aft detail

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Seahawk forward
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Mainmast closeup
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Aft phased array

There are excellent injection molded kits of Ticonderoga class cruisers in both 1/700 and 1/350 scale.  Shanghai Dragon now issues the excellent ex-Skywave 1/700  kit for only $12.98. Dragon also has a nice Ticonderoga class offering in 1/350 scale.