Lead ship and the world's first Aegis-equipped warship. Twin-arm Mark 26 launchers fore and aft. Named for the 1775 capture of Fort Ticonderoga. Proved the Aegis concept that every Navy in the world now copies. Decommissioned 2004.

Named for three previous carriers named Yorktown. Infamous for a 1997 software crash . a division-by-zero error in her WINTEL combat system left her dead in the water in the Black Sea for over two hours. A Navy-wide lesson in software reliability at sea.

Shot down Iran Air Flight 655 on July 3, 1988 . 290 civilians killed. The crew was simultaneously engaged with Iranian gunboats and misidentified the Airbus A300 as a hostile military aircraft. One of the most controversial incidents in Cold War naval history.

Named for Washington's winter encampment, 1777–78. Deployed to the Persian Gulf during Desert Shield. Launched Tomahawks during Desert Storm, 1991.

Named for Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates Jr. Last of the Mark 26 twin-arm launcher ships. Persian Gulf operations. Part of the maritime interdiction force against Iraq.

First VLS-equipped cruiser in the fleet. Named for the 1775 battle. Fired the first operational Tomahawk cruise missiles from a VLS system in combat during Desert Storm, January 1991 . opening a new chapter in naval strike warfare.

Named for the Civil War naval battle where Farragut gave his famous order. Desert Storm Tomahawk launches. Pacific Fleet operations. Decommissioned 2012.

Named for the bloodiest single day in American military history. BMD-capable. Persian Gulf operations. Decommissioned 2015.

Named for the largest naval battle in history. Fifth Fleet and Mediterranean operations. Launched Tomahawks into Libya during Operation Odyssey Dawn, 2011.

Named for the 1836 battle that secured Texas independence. Desert Storm veteran. As of 2026, one of the last Ticonderoga-class cruisers still in active service . has fired Tomahawks across multiple combat operations.

Named for the 1814 battle. BMD-capable. Pacific Fleet. Also recovered NASA and SpaceX crew capsules . including Crew Dragon splashdown recoveries. Combat at sea and space recovery at sea.

Named for the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. Fired Tomahawks into Afghanistan in October 2001 . among the first combat strikes of Operation Enduring Freedom, less than a month after 9/11.

Hit by two separate mines during Operation Desert Storm, February 18, 1991. Two mine strikes in a single day caused severe structural damage . remarkably, no one died. Repaired and returned to service. A testimony to the crew that held her together.

Named for D-Day, June 6, 1944. Desert Storm Tomahawk launches. Multiple Fifth Fleet deployments. Still in service as of 2026, flying the name of the most consequential amphibious operation in history.

Named for the May 1863 Civil War battle. Pacific Fleet. BMD-capable. One of the final Ticonderoga-class cruisers still active as the class winds down.

Named for the 1781 Revolutionary War battle. Pacific Fleet. In December 2013, a Chinese destroyer cut across Cowpens' bow in the South China Sea . 100 yards at 30 knots. She held her course.

Named for the three-day battle that turned the Civil War. Fifth Fleet operations. Desert Storm veteran. One of the last Ticonderoga-class cruisers to see extended service into the 2020s.

Named for the Chosin Reservoir . where the 1st Marine Division fought through nine Chinese divisions in the Korean winter of 1950. Every Marine knows that name. Pacific Fleet.

Named for the Battle of Hue City during Tet 1968 . the most brutal urban combat in Marine Corps history. Fifth Fleet operations. Launched Tomahawks into Libya during Odyssey Dawn, 2011.

Named for the two-day Civil War battle of April 1862. Forward deployed to Yokosuka. BMD-capable . successfully intercepted ballistic missile targets during Pacific theater tests.

Named for the 1944 Allied landings at Anzio, Italy. Fifth Fleet. Fired Tomahawks into Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 2003. Named for a battle; fought one.

Named for the 47-day siege that split the Confederacy in July 1863. Fifth Fleet operations. Mediterranean deployments. Decommissioned 2019.

Named for Perry's 1813 victory. The Navy's primary BMD test platform. Executed Operation Burnt Frost on February 20, 2008 . firing a Standard Missile-3 to intercept and destroy a failing NRO satellite at 247 miles altitude. The only warship ever to shoot down a satellite.

Named for the WWII night surface battle where Arleigh Burke's destroyers ambushed a Japanese reinforcement convoy in 1943. Mediterranean operations. Fired Tomahawks into Iraq.

Named for the Battle of Vella Gulf, August 1943 . a night surface action where U.S. destroyers sank three Japanese destroyers with zero losses. Fifth Fleet operations.

Final Ticonderoga-class cruiser built. Named for the Union capture of Port Royal Sound in 1861. Pacific Fleet. Ran aground near Pearl Harbor in 2009 . repaired and returned to service to complete her career.