USS Port Royal

CG-73

Will To Win

Chief\'s Mess

Navy Challenge Coin

This coin is1 7/8 x 2 inches.

USSPort Royal(CG-73)is aUnited States NavyTiconderoga-classguided missile cruiser, the 27th and final in the class. She is the second U.S. warship to bear the name of two naval battles ofPort Royal Sound,South Carolina, of theAmerican Revolutionary Warand theAmerican Civil War. However, during the initial building phase, the builders and crew were unaware of this history of thefirstPort Royal, as a result, the Engineering Control Center bears a plaque \"First ship named\".

The cruiser was ordered 25 February 1988, laid down 18 October 1991 byIngalls ShipbuildingatPascagoula, Mississippi, launched on 20 November 1992, christened on 5 December 1992 by Susan G. Baker (wife ofJames A. Baker III,Chief of Staffto PresidentGeorge H. W. Bushand formerSecretary of State), and formally commissioned on 9 July 1994 atSavannah, Georgia; Captain Nicholas L. Richards Commanding, Lieutenant Commander Derek B. Kemp Executive Officer, and Master Chief Petty Officer Dennis W. Mills, Command Master Chief.

USSVicksburgwas originally namedPort Royalbut the name was formally changed during construction.[1]

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