US Navy Ticonderoga AEGIS cruiser in 1/350 scale HD

This is a video of two 1/350 scale US Navy Ticonderoga Cruisers. Their full load displacement is about 10.500 tons and they have been built to perform command and control functions for the defense of US Navy task forces...carrier strike groups, Amphibious Ready Groups, Amphibious Expeditionary Units, Surface Action Groups, or any other groups of warships the US Navy send out onto the Oceans and seas of the world. They carry 128 VLS (Vertical Launch System) cells for missiles in two Mk-41 64 cell launchers, one forward and one aft as you can see. They also carry two 127 mm dual purpose rapid fire main guns, two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS, two 25 mm Mark 2 automated guns, two quad canisters for launching 8 Harpoon ASMs (or later, like the new Joint Strike Missile which will be outfitted on the LCS and FFG(X) vessels), and have a helicopter hanger and landing deck for two Sea Hawk (MM-60H or MM-60R) medium sized helicopters.large helicopter. This allows these vessels to continuously prosecute submarine contacts without having to send their single helicopter back to either refuel or rearm in order to continue prosecution of an enemy submarine. They would simply rotate the two helicopters onto the target until it was either destroyed or surrendered. The US Navy built 27 of these cruisers, commissioning them from Jan 1983 until Jul of 1994 at two yards, Huntington Ingalls, and Bath Iron Works First five Twin Arm Launcher Variant (All decommissioned and scrapped) Ticonderoga CG-47 21 Jan 1980 25 Apr 1981 22 Jan 1983 Yorktown CG-48 19 Oct 1981 17 Jan 1983 4 Jul 1984 Vincennes CG-49 19 Oct 1982 14 Jan 1984 6 Jul 1985 Valley Forge CG-50 14 Apr 1983 23 Jun 1984 18 Jan 1986 Thomas GatesCG-51 31 Aug 1984 14 Dec 1985 22 Aug 1987 Remaining 22 Mark-41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) Variant Bunker Hill CG-52 11 Jan 1984 11 Mar 1985 20 Sep 1986 Mobile Bay CG-53 6 Jun 1984 22 Aug 1985 21 Feb 1987 Antietam CG-54 15 Nov 1984 14 Feb 1986 6 Jun 1987 Leyte Gulf CG-55 18 Mar 1985 20 Jun 1986 26 Sep 1987 San Jacinto CG-56 24 Jul 1985 14 Nov 1986 23 Jan 1988 Lake ChamplainCG-573 Mar 1986 3 Apr 1987 12 Aug 1988 Philippine SeaCG-58 8 Apr 1986 12 Jul 1987 18 Mar 1989 Princeton CG-59 15 Oct 1986 2 Oct 1987 11 Feb 1989 Normandy CG-60 7 Apr 1987 19 Mar 1988 9 Dec 1989 Monterey CG-61 19 Aug 1987 23 Oct 1988 16 Jun 1990 ChancellorsvilleCG-62 24 Jun 1987 15 Jul 1988 4 Nov 1989 Cowpens CG-63 23 Dec 1987 11 Mar 1989 9 Mar 1991 Gettysburg CG-64 Aug 17, 1988 22 Jul 1989 22 Jun 1991 Chosin CG-65 22 Jul 1988 1 Sep 1989 12 Jan 1991 Hué City CG-66 20 Feb 1989 1 Jun 1990 14 Sep 1991 Shiloh CG-67 1 Aug 1989 8 Sep 1990 18 Jul 1992 Anzio CG-68 21 Aug 1989 2 Nov 1990 2 May 1992 Vicksburg CG-69 30 May 1990 2 Aug 1991 14 Nov 1992 Lake Erie CG-70 6 Mar 1990 13 Jul 1991 10 May 1993 Cape St. GeorgeCG-7110 Jan 1992 12 Jun 1993 12 Junw 1993 Vella Gulf CG-72 22 Apr 1991 13 Jun 1992 18 Sep 1993 Port Royal CG-73 18 Oct 1991 20 Nov 1992 4 Jul 1994 These remain very modern vessels, havin