USS Bunker Hill

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Accession NumberP477Title (extended title only)Plaque - USS Bunker HillDescriptionLarge Wooden plaque with raised brass plate with the name USS Bunker Hill CG 52 and ships motif and logo – rear of plaque has the date the ship visited Fremantle and the date the plaque was donatedDateBetween 1st November 1989 and 30th November 1989ProvenanceUSS Bunker Hill (CG-52) is a decommissioned Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy constructed by Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi and launched on 11 March 1985. The Ticonderoga-class cruisers are equipped with the Aegis Combat System and Bunker Hill was the first of the class to be equipped with the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) in place of the previous ships' twin-arm Mark 26 missile launchers, which greatly improved the flexibility and firepower of the ships by allowing them to fire BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles for land attack missions. Other missions include ballistic missile defence and capital ship escort for anti-aircraft defence. The ship was commissioned on 20 September 1986 and was homeported at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, California.
Bunker Hill saw service in the Persian Gulf during the Gulf War and deployed off the Somalian coast to prevent piracy. The cruiser had forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan and performed missions in the Pacific, including monitoring missions during the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis.
Bunker Hill was decommissioned on 22 September 2023 at Naval Base San Diego.Relevance to the CityThe USS Bunker Hill visited Fremantle on a few occasions during the 1980’s, 1990’s and 2000’s. The ship has visited the City of Fremantle seven times in total. Photos of the ship from
MaritimeQuest - USS Bunker Hill CG-52
However from when this plaque was given to the City of Fremantle was during a visit in November 1989, during which time the ship was in port for seven days.MakerChampion Ornamental Castings Place MadeCleveland Ohio

SubjectUnited States NavyCollectionCivic Collection

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