USS Yorktown (DDG-48/CG-48) was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy from 1984 to 2004, named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown.

The annulet and gold cross allude to a telescopic gun sight and recognize the birth of modern naval gunnery in the second USS Yorktown with the first successful test of a telescopic gun sight in 1892. The gold arrowheads resemble flight symbols and refer to the role played by the third and fourth USS Yorktowns in World War II as aircraft carriers.

The USS Yorktown (CG-48) In 1983, the Mathews traveled to Pascagoula, Mississippi, to attend the christening of the second Aegis guided missile cruiser – the USS Yorktown. Tragically, Nick died on the flight, but Miss Mary remained determined to continue with her …

USS YORKTOWN was the Navy's test platform for the Smart Ship Project. The cruiser was last homeported in Pascagoula, Miss., and is now berthed at the Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, Penn. This section contains the names of …

USS Yorktown (CG 48) cruises the Caribbean Sea towards Colombia, South America, February 24, 2002. A starboard quarter view of the guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) with the New York City skyline in the background.

The Soviet Krivak I class guided missile frigate Bezzavetny (FFG 811) as it impacts guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48), on 12 February 1988, as the American ship exercises the right of free passage through the Soviet-claimed 12-mile territorial waters in the Black Sea.

USS Yorktown (DDG-48/CG-48) was a Ticonderoga -class cruiser in the United States Navy from 1984 to 2004, named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown. Yorktown was commissioned on 4 July 1984 at Yorktown, Virginia, and was designed to take advantage of the American Aegis technology.

YORKTOWN (CG-48) Final Determination: 30 November 2010 TICONDEROGA (CG-47)-class Guided Missile Cruiser Displacement: 9,915 tons (full load) Length: 567' Beam: 55' Draft: 33' (max....

USS Yorktown (DDG/CG-48) was a Ticonderoga-class cruiser of the United States Navy. In Yorktown's first deployments, she took part in the rescue of Achille Lauro, Operation El Dorado Canyon, and Operation Attain Document. This was from 1984-1988. In 1987 she received a gunfire support award. She collided with USSRS Bezzavetnyy in 1988.

1988 soviet ramming USS Yorktown CG 48 in black sea