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The USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) was the fifth USN vessel to bear this name, named for the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 as well as the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) that was nearly sunk in WWII. The ships keel was laid on January 21, 1980 and on May 16, 1981 the ship was christened by First Lady Nancy Reagan. On January 22, 1983 USS Ticonderoga was commissioned and called Norfolk Virginia home until 1996 when it relocated to Pascagoula Mississippi. USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) was decommissioned on September 30, 2004.