Seen arriving Kieler Förde after Baltops 2012 on June 15, 2012
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser. Normandy was laid down at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 7 April 1987, launched on 19 March 1988, and commissioned on 9 December 1989. She is homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.
Displacement: Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load
Length: 173m Beam: 16.8m Draft: 10.2m
Propulsion: 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines, 80,000 shaft horsepower (60,000 kW) 2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers, 2 × rudders
Speed: 32.5 knots
Complement: 33 officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers, and approx. 340 enlisted
Further details at Wikipedia
