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style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Ticonderoga</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Fort_Ticonderoga" title="Capture of Fort Ticonderoga">Battle of Ticonderoga</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding" title="Newport News Shipbuilding">Newport News Shipbuilding</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>1 February 1943</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>7 February 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>8 May 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>9 January 1947</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Recommissioned</td><td>1 October 1954</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>1 September 1973</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Reclassified</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">CVA-14, 1 October 1952</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">CVS-14, 21 October 1969</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>16 November 1973</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td><a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">Scrapped</a>, 15 August 1974</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Essex-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Essex-class aircraft carrier"><i>Essex</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>27,100 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (27,500 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) standard</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>888 feet (271 m) overall</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>93 feet (28 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 × boilers</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">150,000 shp (110 MW)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × shafts</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>33 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (61 km/h; 38 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>3448 officers and enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12 × <a href="/wiki/5_inch_(127_mm)/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun">5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">32 × <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">Bofors 40 mm guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">46 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">Oerlikon 20 mm cannons</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armor</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Belt_armor" title="Belt armor">Belt</a>: 4 in (102 mm)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Hangar deck: 2.5 in (64 mm)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Conning_tower" title="Conning tower">Conning tower</a>: 1.5 inch</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>90–100 aircraft</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Ticonderoga</i> (CV/CVA/CVS-14)</b> was one of 24 <a href="/wiki/Essex-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Essex-class aircraft carrier"><i>Essex</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a> built during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>. The ship was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named after the <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Fort_Ticonderoga" title="Capture of Fort Ticonderoga">capture of Fort Ticonderoga</a> in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>. <i>Ticonderoga</i> was commissioned in May 1944, and served in several campaigns in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">Pacific Theater of Operations</a>, earning five <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle stars</a>. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). She was recommissioned too late to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, but was very active in the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, earning three <a href="/wiki/Navy_Unit_Commendation" title="Navy Unit Commendation">Navy Unit Commendations</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a>, and 12 battle stars. </p><p><i>Ticonderoga</i> differed somewhat from the earlier <i>Essex</i>-class ships in that she was 16 ft (4.9 m) longer to accommodate bow-mounted anti-aircraft guns. Most subsequent <i>Essex</i>-class carriers were completed to this "long-hull" design and were referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Ticonderoga-class_aircraft_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Ticonderoga-class aircraft carrier"><i>Ticonderoga</i> class</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of her career, after a number of modifications, she was said to be in the <i>Hancock</i> class according to the Naval vessel register.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Ticonderoga</i> was decommissioned in 1973 and sold for scrap in 1975. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_commissioning">Construction and commissioning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Construction and commissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ship was laid down as <i>Hancock</i> on 1 February 1943 at <a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News, Virginia</a>, by the <a href="/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding_%26_Dry_Dock_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.">Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Hancock_(CV-19)#Construction_and_commissioning" title="USS Hancock (CV-19)">renamed <i>Ticonderoga</i></a> on 1 May 1943, and launched on 7 February 1944, sponsored by Miss Stephanie Sarah Pell. She was commissioned at the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Navy Yard">Norfolk Navy Yard</a> on 8 May 1944, <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">Captain</a> <a href="/wiki/Dixie_Kiefer" title="Dixie Kiefer">Dixie Kiefer</a> in command.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F6F_Hellcats_of_VF-80_on_USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)_in_June_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/F6F_Hellcats_of_VF-80_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_in_June_1944.jpg/220px-F6F_Hellcats_of_VF-80_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_in_June_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/F6F_Hellcats_of_VF-80_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_in_June_1944.jpg/330px-F6F_Hellcats_of_VF-80_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_in_June_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/F6F_Hellcats_of_VF-80_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_in_June_1944.jpg/440px-F6F_Hellcats_of_VF-80_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_in_June_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="874" data-file-height="509" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">F6F Hellcats</a> of <a href="/wiki/VF-80" title="VF-80">VF-80</a> on <i>Ticonderoga</i> in June 1944</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Ticonderoga</i> remained at Norfolk for almost two months outfitting and embarking <a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Group_80&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Group 80 (page does not exist)">Air Group 80</a>. On 26 June 1944, the carrier shaped a course for the British West Indies. She conducted air operations and drills en route and reached <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Spain" title="Port of Spain">Port of Spain</a>, Trinidad, on 30 June. For the next 15 days, <i>Ticonderoga</i> trained intensively to weld her air group and crew into an efficient wartime team. She departed the West Indies on 16 July and headed back to Norfolk where she arrived on 22 July for post-shakedown repairs and alterations. On 30 August, the carrier headed for Panama. She transited the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> on 4 September and steamed up the coast to <a href="/wiki/Naval_Base_San_Diego" title="Naval Base San Diego">Naval Base San Diego</a> the following day. On 13 September, the carrier moored at San Diego where she loaded provisions, fuel, aviation gas, and an additional 77 aircraft, as well as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> aviation and defense units that went with them. On 19 September, she steamed for Hawaii where she arrived five days later. </p><p><i>Ticonderoga</i> remained at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> for almost a month. She and <a href="/wiki/USS_Carina" title="USS Carina"><i>Carina</i></a> conducted experiments in the underway transfer of aviation <a href="/wiki/Bomb" title="Bomb">bombs</a> from <a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">cargo ship</a> to aircraft carrier. Following those tests, she conducted air operations – day and night landing and antiaircraft defense drills – until 18 October, when she exited Pearl Harbor and headed for the western Pacific. After a brief stop at <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a>, <i>Ticonderoga</i> arrived at <a href="/wiki/Ulithi" title="Ulithi">Ulithi</a> in the Western Caroline Islands on 29 October. There she embarked <a href="/wiki/Rear_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear Admiral">Rear Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Arthur_W._Radford" title="Arthur W. Radford">Arthur W. Radford</a>, Commander, <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Strike_Group_6" title="Carrier Strike Group 6">Carrier Division 6</a>, and joined <a href="/wiki/Task_Force_38" class="mw-redirect" title="Task Force 38">Task Force 38</a> (TF 38) as a unit of Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Frederick_C._Sherman" title="Frederick C. Sherman">Frederick C. Sherman</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Task_Group_38.3" class="mw-redirect" title="Task Group 38.3">Task Group 38.3</a> (TG 38.3).<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Philippine_campaign">Philippine campaign</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Philippine campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The carrier sortied from Ulithi with TF 38 on 2 November 1944. She joined the other carriers as they resumed their extended air cover for the ground forces supporting the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte" title="Battle of Leyte">Battle of Leyte</a>. She launched her first air strike on the morning of 5 November. The aircraft of her air group spent the next two days pummeling enemy shipping near <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a> and air installations on that island. Her aircraft bombed and strafed the airfields at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zablan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zablan (page does not exist)">Zablan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mandaluyong" title="Mandaluyong">Mandaluyong</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pasig" title="Pasig">Pasig</a>. They also joined those of other carriers in sinking the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">heavy cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Nachi" title="Japanese cruiser Nachi"><i>Nachi</i></a>. In addition, <i>Ticonderoga</i> pilots claimed six Japanese aircraft shot down and one destroyed on the ground, as well as 23 others damaged. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kamikaze_crashes_near_USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kamikaze_crashes_near_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_1944.jpg/220px-Kamikaze_crashes_near_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kamikaze_crashes_near_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_1944.jpg/330px-Kamikaze_crashes_near_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kamikaze_crashes_near_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_1944.jpg/440px-Kamikaze_crashes_near_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1853" data-file-height="883" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">Kamikaze</a> crashes near <i>Ticonderoga</i> in 1944</figcaption></figure> <p>Around 16:00 on 5 November, the enemy attacked with a group of <i><a href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">kamikaze</a></i> aircraft. Two of the suicide aircraft penetrated the American <a href="/wiki/Combat_air_patrol" title="Combat air patrol">combat air patrol</a> and antiaircraft fire to crash into the aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-16)" title="USS Lexington (CV-16)"><i>Lexington</i></a>. <i>Ticonderoga</i> emerged from that attack unscathed and claimed a tally of two splashes. On 6 November, the warship launched two fighter sweeps and two bombing strikes against the Luzon airfields and enemy shipping in the vicinity. Her airmen returned later that day claiming the destruction of 35 Japanese aircraft and attacks on six enemy ships in <a href="/wiki/Manila_Bay" title="Manila Bay">Manila Bay</a>. After recovering her aircraft, the carrier retired to the east to resupply. </p><p>She refueled and received replacement aircraft on 7 November and then headed back to continue operating against enemy forces in the Philippines. Early on the morning of 11 November, her aircraft combined with others of TF 38 to attack a Japanese reinforcement <a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">convoy</a>, just as it was preparing to enter <a href="/wiki/Ormoc_Bay" title="Ormoc Bay">Ormoc Bay</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Camotes_Sea" title="Camotes Sea">Camotes Sea</a>. Together, the aircraft accounted for all the enemy transports and four of the seven escorting <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a>. On 12–13 November, <i>Ticonderoga</i> and her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ships</a> launched strikes at Luzon airfields and docks and shipping around Manila. This raid destroyed the <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kiso" title="Japanese cruiser Kiso"><i>Kiso</i></a>, four destroyers, and seven merchant ships. At the conclusion of the raid, TF 38 retired eastward for refueling. <i>Ticonderoga</i> and the rest of TG 38.3, however, continued east to Ulithi where they arrived on 17 November to replenish, refuel, and rearm. </p><p>On 22 November, the aircraft carrier departed Ulithi once more and steamed back toward the Philippines. Three days later, she launched air strikes on central Luzon and adjacent waters. Her pilots sank the heavy cruiser <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kumano" title="Japanese cruiser Kumano"><i>Kumano</i></a>, previously damaged in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_off_Samar" title="Battle off Samar">Battle off Samar</a>. Later, they attacked an enemy convoy about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of <i>Kumano</i> in <a href="/wiki/Dasol_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Dasol Bay">Dasol Bay</a>. Of this convoy, cruiser <a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Ping_Hai" title="Chinese cruiser Ping Hai"><i>Yasoshima</i></a>, a merchantman, and three <a href="/wiki/Landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing ship">landing ships</a> were sunk. <i>Ticonderoga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s air group ended their day of destruction with an aerial battle which cost the Japanese 15 aircraft shot down and 11 destroyed on the ground. </p><p>While her air group fought the Japanese, <i>Ticonderoga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s shipboard crew also went into action. Just after noon, a torpedo launched by an enemy aircraft broached in the wake of the light aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Langley_(CVL-27)" title="USS Langley (CVL-27)"><i>Langley</i></a>, announcing the approach of an enemy air raid. <i>Ticonderoga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s gunners manned their battle stations defending against both conventional and suicide attacks on the task group. Her sister ship <a href="/wiki/USS_Essex_(CV-9)" title="USS Essex (CV-9)"><i>Essex</i></a> was set afire when one of the <i>kamikaze</i>s crashed into her. When a second suicide aircraft tried to attack the stricken carrier, <i>Ticonderoga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s gunners joined those firing from other ships in shooting it down. That afternoon, while damage control parties worked on <i>Essex</i>, <i>Ticonderoga</i> recovered aircrew which the damaged <i>Essex</i> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)" title="USS Intrepid (CV-11)"><i>Intrepid</i></a> were unable to receive. The following day, TF 38 retired to the east. </p><p>TF 38 stood out of Ulithi again on 11 December and headed for the Philippines. <i>Ticonderoga</i> arrived at the launch point early in the afternoon of 13 December and sent her aircraft aloft to blanket Japanese airbases on Luzon while Army aircraft attacked those in the central Philippines. For three days, <i>Ticonderoga</i> airmen and their comrades launched airstrikes on enemy airfields. She withdrew on 16 December with the rest of TF 38 in search of a fueling rendezvous. While attempting to find calmer waters in which to refuel, TF 38 steamed directly through a violent, but unheralded, <a href="/wiki/Typhoon" title="Typhoon">typhoon</a>. Though the storm cost <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Halsey" class="mw-redirect" title="William Halsey">William Halsey</a>'s force three destroyers and over 800 lives, <i>Ticonderoga</i> and the other carriers managed to ride it out with a minimum of damage. Having survived the battle, <i>Ticonderoga</i> returned to Ulithi on 24 December. </p><p>Repairs occasioned by the typhoon kept TF 38 in the anchorage almost until the end of the month. The carriers did not return to sea until 30 December 1944 when they steamed north to hit <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Formosa</a> and Luzon in preparation for the landings on the latter island at <a href="/wiki/Lingayen_Gulf" title="Lingayen Gulf">Lingayen Gulf</a>. Severe weather limited the Formosa strikes on 3–4 January 1945 but also hampered enemy operations. The warships fueled at sea on 5 January. Despite rough weather on 6 January, the strikes on Luzon airfields were carried out. That day, <i>Ticonderoga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s airmen and their colleagues of the other air groups increased their score by another 32 enemy aircraft. 7 January brought more strikes on Luzon installations. After a fueling rendezvous on 8 January, <i>Ticonderoga</i> sped north at night to get into position to blanket Japanese airfields in the <a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_Islands" title="Ryukyu Islands">Ryūkyūs</a> during the Lingayen assault the following morning. However, foul weather, the bugaboo of TF 38 during the winter of 1944 and 1945, forced TG 38.3 to abandon the strikes on the Ryūkyū airfields and join TG 38.2 in pounding Formosa.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_China_Sea_combat">South China Sea combat</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: South China Sea combat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea_raid" title="South China Sea raid">South China Sea raid</a></div> <p>During the night of 9–10 January, TF 38 steamed through the <a href="/wiki/Luzon_Strait" title="Luzon Strait">Luzon Strait</a> and then headed generally southwest, diagonally across the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a>. <i>Ticonderoga</i> provided combat air patrol coverage on 11 January and helped to bring down four enemy aircraft which attempted to snoop the formation. Otherwise, the carriers and their consorts proceeded uneventfully to a point some 150 to 200 mi (240 to 320 km) off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Indochina" class="mw-redirect" title="Indochina">Indochina</a>. There, on 12 January, they launched their approximately 850 aircraft and made a series of anti-shipping sweeps during which they sank 44 ships, totaling over 300,000 long tons (300,000 t). </p><p>After recovering aircraft in the late afternoon, the carriers moved off to the northeast. Heavy weather hindered fueling operations on the 13th–14th and air reconnaissance failed to detect any worthwhile targets. On 15 January, fighters raided Japanese airfields on the Chinese coast while the carriers headed for a position from which to strike Hong Kong. The following morning, they launched anti-shipping bombing raids and fighter sweeps of air installations. Weather prevented air operations on 17 January and again made fueling difficult. It worsened the next day and stopped replenishment operations altogether, so that they were not finally concluded until 19 January. The force then took a course generally northward to retransit Luzon Strait via Balintang Channel.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Attacks_on_South_Japanese_islands">Attacks on South Japanese islands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Attacks on South Japanese islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The three task groups of TF 38 completed their transit during the night of 20–21 January. The next morning, aided by favorable flight conditions, their aircraft hit airfields on Formosa, in the <a href="/wiki/Pescadores" class="mw-redirect" title="Pescadores">Pescadores</a>, and at <a href="/wiki/Sakishima_Gunto" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakishima Gunto">Sakishima Gunto</a>. While it allowed American flight operations to continue through the day, it also allowed for Japanese <i>kamikaze</i> operations. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)_listing_21_Jan_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_listing_21_Jan_1945.jpg/220px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_listing_21_Jan_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_listing_21_Jan_1945.jpg/330px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_listing_21_Jan_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_listing_21_Jan_1945.jpg/440px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_listing_21_Jan_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1783" data-file-height="1389" /></a><figcaption><i>Ticonderoga</i> listing after <i>kamikaze</i> attacks, 21 January 1945.</figcaption></figure> <p>Just after noon, a single-engine Japanese aircraft scored a hit on <i>Langley</i> with a glide-bombing attack. Seconds later, a <i>kamikaze</i> swooped out of the clouds and plunged toward <i>Ticonderoga</i>. The aircraft crashed through the ship's <a href="/wiki/Flight_deck" title="Flight deck">flight deck</a> abreast of the No. 2 5 in (130 mm) mount, and its bomb exploded just above her <a href="/wiki/Hangar_deck" class="mw-redirect" title="Hangar deck">hangar deck</a>. Several aircraft stowed nearby erupted into flames and men were killed. While the crew were ordered into action to save the endangered carrier, Captain Kiefer conned his ship skillfully. First, he changed course to keep the wind from fanning the blaze. Then, he ordered magazines and other compartments flooded to prevent further explosions and to correct a 10° starboard list.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally, he instructed the damage control party to continue flooding compartments on <i>Ticonderoga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s port side which induced a 10° port list which dumped the fire overboard.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Firefighter" title="Firefighter">Firefighters</a> and aircraft handlers completed the dangerous job of dousing the flames and jettisoning burning aircraft. </p><p>Other <i>kamikaze</i> then assailed the carrier. Her antiaircraft gunners shot down three which all crashed into the sea, but a fourth aircraft struck the carrier's starboard side near the island. Its bomb set more aircraft on fire, riddled her flight deck, and injured or killed another 100 sailors, with Captain Kiefer one of the wounded. <i>Ticonderoga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s crew continued their efforts and were spared further attacks. They brought her fires completely under control not long after 1400, and <i>Ticonderoga</i> retired.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Repair_and_relaunch">Repair and relaunch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Repair and relaunch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The stricken carrier arrived at Ulithi on 24 January but remained there only long enough to move her wounded to <a href="/wiki/Hospital_ship" title="Hospital ship">hospital ship</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Samaritan" title="USS Samaritan"><i>Samaritan</i></a>, to transfer her air group to <a href="/wiki/USS_Hancock_(CV-19)" title="USS Hancock (CV-19)"><i>Hancock</i></a>, and to embark passengers bound for home. <i>Ticonderoga</i> cleared the lagoon on 28 January and headed for the U.S. The warship stopped briefly at Pearl Harbor <i>en route</i> to the <a href="/wiki/Puget_Sound_Naval_Shipyard_and_Intermediate_Maintenance_Facility" class="mw-redirect" title="Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility">Puget Sound Navy Yard</a> where she arrived on 15 February. Captain William Sinton assumed command in February 1945. </p><p>Her repairs were completed on 20 April, and she cleared Puget Sound the following day for the <a href="/wiki/Alameda_Naval_Air_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Alameda Naval Air Station">Alameda Naval Air Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alameda,_California" title="Alameda, California">Alameda, California</a>. After embarking passengers and aircraft bound for Hawaii, the carrier headed for Pearl Harbor where she arrived on 1 May. The next day, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Group_87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Group 87 (page does not exist)">Air Group 87</a> came on board and, for the next week, trained in preparation for the carrier's return to combat. <i>Ticonderoga</i> stood out of Pearl Harbor and shaped a course for the western Pacific. <i>En route</i> to Ulithi, on 17 May, she launched her aircraft for what amounted to training strikes on Japanese-held <a href="/wiki/Taroa" class="mw-redirect" title="Taroa">Taroa</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshalls</a>. On 22 May, the warship arrived in Ulithi and rejoined the <a href="/wiki/Fast_Carrier_Task_Force" title="Fast Carrier Task Force">Fast Carrier Task Force</a> as an element of Rear Admiral Radford's TG 58.4.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Preparing_for_the_Japan_campaign">Preparing for the Japan campaign</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Preparing for the Japan campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two days after her arrival, <i>Ticonderoga</i> sortied from Ulithi with TF 58 and headed north to spend the last weeks of the war in Japanese home waters. Three days out, Admiral Halsey relieved Admiral <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Spruance" class="mw-redirect" title="Raymond Spruance">Raymond Spruance</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet" title="United States Fifth Fleet">5th Fleet</a> reverted to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Third_Fleet" title="United States Third Fleet">3rd Fleet</a>, and TF 58 became TF 38 again for the duration. On 2–3 June, <i>Ticonderoga</i> fighters struck at airfields on <a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyūshū">Kyūshū</a> in an effort to neutralize the remnants of Japanese air power – particularly the <i>kamikaze</i> – and to relieve the pressure on American forces at <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a>. During the following two days, <i>Ticonderoga</i> rode out her second typhoon in less than six months and emerged relatively unscathed. She provided combat air patrol cover for 6 June refueling rendezvous, and four of her fighters intercepted and destroyed three Okinawa-bound <i>kamikaze</i>s. That evening, she steamed off at high speed with TG 38.4 to conduct a fighter sweep of airfields on southern Kyūshū on 8 June. <i>Ticonderoga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s aircraft then joined in the aerial bombardment of <a href="/wiki/Daito_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Daito Islands">Minami Daito</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kita_Daito" class="mw-redirect" title="Kita Daito">Kita Daito</a> islands before the carrier headed for Leyte where she arrived on the 13th. </p><p>During the two-week rest and replenishment period she enjoyed at Leyte, <i>Ticonderoga</i> changed task organizations from TG 38.4 to Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Gerald_F._Bogan" title="Gerald F. Bogan">Gerald F. Bogan</a>'s TG 38.3. On 1 July, under the flag of Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Sprague" title="Clifton Sprague">Clifton Sprague</a>, she departed Leyte with TF 38 and headed north to resume raids on Japan. Two days later, a damaged <a href="/wiki/Reduction_gear" class="mw-redirect" title="Reduction gear">reduction gear</a> forced her into <a href="/wiki/Apra_Harbor" title="Apra Harbor">Apra Harbor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, for repairs. She remained there until the 19th when she steamed off to rejoin TF 38. On the 24th, her aircraft joined those of other fast carriers in <a href="/wiki/Attacks_on_Kure_and_the_Inland_Sea_(July_1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="Attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea (July 1945)">striking ships in the Inland Sea</a> and airfields at <a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Miko_(city)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miko (city) (page does not exist)">Miko</a>. During those raids, TF 38 aircraft found the sad remnants of the once-mighty <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II">Japanese Fleet</a> and bagged <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Ise" title="Japanese battleship Ise"><i>Ise</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Hy%C5%ABga" title="Japanese battleship Hyūga"><i>Hyūga</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Haruna" title="Japanese battleship Haruna"><i>Haruna</i></a> as well as an <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carrier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Kaiy%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Kaiyō"><i>Kaiyō</i></a>, and two heavy cruisers. On 28 July, her aircraft directed their efforts toward the <a href="/wiki/Kure_Naval_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Kure Naval Base">Kure Naval Base</a>, where they pounded an aircraft carrier, three cruisers, a destroyer, and a <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a>. </p><p>She shifted her attention to the industrial area of central <a href="/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Honshū">Honshū</a> on 30 July, then to northern Honshū and <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a> on 9–10 August. The latter attacks thoroughly destroyed the marshaling area for a planned airborne suicide raid on the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">B-29</a> bases in the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_Islands" title="Mariana Islands">Marianas</a>. On 13–14 August, her aircraft returned to the Tokyo area and helped to subject the Japanese capital to another severe drubbing. On the morning of 16 August, <i>Ticonderoga</i> launched another strike against Tokyo. During or just after that attack, word reached TF 38 to the effect that Japan had capitulated. The shock of peace, though not so abrupt as that of war almost four years previously, took some getting used to. <i>Ticonderoga</i> and her sister ships remained on a full war footing. She continued patrols over Japanese territory and sent reconnaissance flights in search of camps containing <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> <a href="/wiki/Prisoners_of_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoners of war">prisoners of war</a> so that air-dropped supplies could be rushed to them. On 6 September – four days after the formal surrender ceremony aboard <a href="/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)" title="USS Missouri (BB-63)"><i>Missouri</i></a> – <i>Ticonderoga</i> entered <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war">Post-war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Her arrival at Tokyo ended one phase of her career and began another. From Tokyo, she embarked homeward-bound to Bremerton Navy Yard in Puget Sound and was again put to sea on 20 October 1945. After a stop in Pearl Harbor in November to alter the carrier to accommodate additional passengers for the Operation Magic Carpet voyage, she steamed to Okinawa, Japan, to pick up servicemen and returned home with a Typhoon on her back reaching Alameda Navy Yard in Oakland, CA in December 1945. She disembarked her passengers and unloaded cargo before heading out to the Philippines at Samar to pick up another group of veterans. Leaving Philippines in early January 1946, she headed home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard outside of Seattle, WA delivering an estimated two to four thousand returning servicemen and unloading armaments and ammunition before entering the Bremerton Navy Yard to prepare for inactivation. </p><p>Almost a year later on 9 January 1947, <i>Ticonderoga</i> was placed out of commission and berthed with the Bremerton Group of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Reserve_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Reserve Fleet">Pacific Reserve Fleet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 31 January 1952, <i>Ticonderoga</i> came out of reserve and went into reduced commission for the transit from Bremerton to New York. She departed Puget Sound on 27 February and reached New York on 1 April. Three days later, she was decommissioned at the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Naval_Shipyard" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Naval Shipyard">New York Naval Shipyard</a> to begin the extensive <a href="/wiki/SCB-27" title="SCB-27">SCB-27C</a> conversion. During the ensuing 29 months, the carrier received numerous modifications – <a href="/wiki/Steam_catapult" class="mw-redirect" title="Steam catapult">steam catapults</a> to launch <a href="/wiki/Jet_aircraft" title="Jet aircraft">jets</a>, a new nylon barricade, a new deck-edge <a href="/wiki/Elevator" title="Elevator">elevator</a> and the latest electronic and <a href="/wiki/Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">fire control equipment</a> – necessary for her to become an integral unit of the fleet. On 11 September 1954, <i>Ticonderoga</i> was recommissioned at New York, Captain <a href="/wiki/William_A._%22Bill%22_Schoech" class="mw-redirect" title="William A. "Bill" Schoech">William A. "Bill" Schoech</a> in command. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Ticonderoga_(CVA-14)_aft_view_c1954.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_aft_view_c1954.jpg/220px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_aft_view_c1954.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_aft_view_c1954.jpg/330px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_aft_view_c1954.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_aft_view_c1954.jpg/440px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_aft_view_c1954.jpg 2x" data-file-width="547" data-file-height="386" /></a><figcaption><i>Ticonderoga</i> following her SCB-27C conversion, circa 1954.</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 1955, the carrier shifted to her new home port – <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Norfolk" title="Naval Station Norfolk">Naval Station Norfolk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a> – where she arrived on the 6th. Over the next month, she conducted carrier qualifications with <a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Group_6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Group 6 (page does not exist)">Air Group 6</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Capes" title="Virginia Capes">Virginia Capes</a> operating area. On 3 February, she sailed out of <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> for shakedown near <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, after which she returned via Norfolk to New York for additional alterations. During the late summer, the warship resumed carrier qualifications in the Virginia Capes area. </p><p>She visited <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> over Labor Day weekend to participate in the International Air Show. To demonstrate the power of her new steam catapults, on three consecutive days she launched <a href="/wiki/North_American_AJ-1_Savage" class="mw-redirect" title="North American AJ-1 Savage">North American AJ-1 Savages</a> while standing at anchor in the Delaware River. <i>Ticonderoga</i> next participated in tests of four new aircraft – the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk" title="Douglas A-4 Skyhawk">A4D-1 Skyhawk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_F4D_Skyray" title="Douglas F4D Skyray">F4D-1 Skyray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vought_F7U_Cutlass" title="Vought F7U Cutlass">F7U Cutlass</a>, and <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F3H_Demon" title="McDonnell F3H Demon">F3H-2N Demon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Ticonderoga</i> then returned to normal operations along the East Coast until 4 November when she departed <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Mayport" title="Naval Station Mayport">Naval Station Mayport, Florida</a>, and headed for Europe. She relieved <i>Intrepid</i> at <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> 10 days later and cruised the length of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> during the following eight months. On 2 August 1956, <i>Ticonderoga</i> returned to Norfolk and entered the shipyard to receive an <a href="/wiki/Angled_flight_deck" class="mw-redirect" title="Angled flight deck">angled flight deck</a> and an enclosed hurricane bow as part of the <a href="/wiki/SCB-125" title="SCB-125">SCB-125</a> program. </p><p>Those modifications were completed by early 1957, and in April she got underway for her new home port – Alameda, California. She reached her destination on 30 May, underwent repairs, and finished out the summer with operations off the California coast. On 16 September, she sailed out of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay" title="San Francisco Bay">San Francisco Bay</a> and shaped course for the Far East. <i>En route</i>, she stopped at Pearl Harbor before continuing west to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Activities_Yokosuka" title="United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka">Yokosuka</a> Japan, where she arrived on 15 October. For six months, <i>Ticonderoga</i> cruised the waters from Japan in the north to the Philippines in the south. Upon arriving at Alameda on 25 April 1958, she completed her first deployment to the western Pacific since recommissioning.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1958 to 1963, <i>Ticonderoga</i> made four more peacetime deployments to the western Pacific. During each, she conducted training operations with other units of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet" title="United States Seventh Fleet">7th Fleet</a> and made goodwill and liberty port calls throughout the Far East. Early in 1964, she began preparations for her sixth cruise to the western Pacific and, following exercises off the west coast and in the Hawaiian Islands, the carrier cleared Pearl Harbor on 4 May for what began as another peaceful tour of duty in the Far East. The first three months of that deployment brought normal operations—training and port calls. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vietnam">Vietnam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Vietnam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident">Gulf of Tonkin incident</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gulf of Tonkin incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident" title="Gulf of Tonkin incident">Gulf of Tonkin incident</a></div> <p>On 2 August, while operating in international waters in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin" title="Gulf of Tonkin">Gulf of Tonkin</a>, the destroyer <a href="/wiki/USS_Maddox_(DD-731)" title="USS Maddox (DD-731)"><i>Maddox</i></a> reported being attacked by units of the (North) <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_People%27s_Navy" title="Vietnam People's Navy">Vietnam People's Navy</a>. Within minutes of her receipt of the message, <i>Ticonderoga</i> dispatched four, rocket-armed <a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">F-8E Crusaders</a> to the destroyer's assistance. Upon arrival, the Crusaders launched <a href="/wiki/Zuni_(rocket)" title="Zuni (rocket)">Zuni</a> rockets and strafed the <a href="/wiki/North_Vietnam" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnamese</a> craft with their 20 mm (0.79 in) cannon. After the efforts of <i>Ticonderoga</i> and <i>Maddox</i>, one boat was left dead in the water and the other two damaged. </p><p>Two days later, late in the evening of 4 August, <i>Ticonderoga</i> received urgent requests from the destroyer <a href="/wiki/USS_Turner_Joy" title="USS Turner Joy"><i>Turner Joy</i></a> – by then on patrol with <i>Maddox</i> – for air support in resisting what the destroyer alleged to be another <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">torpedo boat</a> foray. The carrier again launched aircraft to aid the American surface ships, and <i>Turner Joy</i> directed them. The Navy surface and air team believed it had sunk two boats and damaged another pair. </p><p>President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndon Johnson">Lyndon Johnson</a> responded with a reprisal to what he felt at the time to be two unprovoked attacks on American seapower and ordered retaliatory air strikes on selected North Vietnamese motor torpedo boat bases. On 5 August, <i>Ticonderoga</i> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Constellation_(CV-64)" title="USS Constellation (CV-64)"><i>Constellation</i></a> launched 60 sorties against four bases and their supporting oil storage facilities. The USN attacks reportedly resulted in the destruction of 25 PT-type boats, severe damage to the bases, and almost complete razing of the oil storage depot. For her quick reaction and successful combat actions on those three occasions, <i>Ticonderoga</i> received the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Unit_Commendation" title="Navy Unit Commendation">Navy Unit Commendation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Subsequent_operations">Subsequent operations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Subsequent operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Manatee_(AO-58)_refueling_USS_Ticonderoga_(CVA-14)_on_15_July_1965.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/USS_Manatee_%28AO-58%29_refueling_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_on_15_July_1965.jpg/220px-USS_Manatee_%28AO-58%29_refueling_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_on_15_July_1965.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/USS_Manatee_%28AO-58%29_refueling_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_on_15_July_1965.jpg/330px-USS_Manatee_%28AO-58%29_refueling_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_on_15_July_1965.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/USS_Manatee_%28AO-58%29_refueling_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_on_15_July_1965.jpg/440px-USS_Manatee_%28AO-58%29_refueling_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_on_15_July_1965.jpg 2x" data-file-width="666" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/USS_Manatee_(AO-58)" title="USS Manatee (AO-58)"><i>Manatee</i></a> refuels <i>Ticonderoga</i> on 15 July 1965. U.S. Navy photo.</figcaption></figure> <p>After a return visit to Japan in September, the aircraft carrier resumed normal operations in the South China Sea until winding up the deployment late in the year. She returned to the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_North_Island" title="Naval Air Station North Island">Naval Air Station North Island</a>, California, on 15 December 1964. Following post-deployment and holiday stand-down, <i>Ticonderoga</i> moved to the <a href="/wiki/Hunter%27s_Point_Naval_Shipyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard">Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard</a> on 27 January 1965 to begin a five-month overhaul. She completed repairs in June and spent the summer operating along the coast of southern California. On 28 September, the aircraft carrier put to sea for another deployment to the Orient. She spent some time in the Hawaiian Islands for an operational readiness exercise then continued on to the Far East. She reached "<a href="/wiki/Dixie_Station_(Vietnam_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dixie Station (Vietnam War)">Dixie Station</a>" on 5 November and immediately began combat air operations. </p><p><i>Ticonderoga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s winter deployment of 1965 and 1966 was her first total combat tour of duty during American involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>. During her six months in the Far East, the carrier spent a total of 116 days in air operations off the coast of Vietnam dividing her time almost evenly between "Dixie" and "<a href="/wiki/Yankee_Station" title="Yankee Station">Yankee Stations</a>", the carrier operating areas off South and North Vietnam, respectively. Her air group delivered over 8,000 short tons (7,300 t) of ordnance in more than 10,000 combat sorties, with a loss of 16 aircraft, but only five pilots. For the most part, her aircraft hit enemy installations in North Vietnam and interdicted supply routes into <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a>, including river-borne and coastwise <a href="/wiki/Junk_(ship)" title="Junk (ship)">junk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sampan" title="Sampan">sampan</a> traffic as well as roads, bridges, and trucks on land. Specifically, they claimed the destruction of 35 bridges as well as numerous warehouses, barracks, trucks, boats, and railroad cars and severe damage to a major North Vietnamese thermal power plant located at <a href="/wiki/Uong_Bi" class="mw-redirect" title="Uong Bi">Uong Bi</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Haiphong" title="Haiphong">Haiphong</a>. After a stop at Yokosuka, Japan, from 25 April to 3 May 1966, the warship put to sea to return to the United States. On 13 May, she pulled into port at San Diego to end the deployment.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 December 1965, an A-4 Skyhawk was <a href="/wiki/1965_Philippine_Sea_A-4_incident" title="1965 Philippine Sea A-4 incident">lost overboard</a> while the aircraft carrier was 80 miles (130 km) from <a href="/wiki/Kikai_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Kikai Island">Kikai Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kagoshima_Prefecture" title="Kagoshima Prefecture">Kagoshima Prefecture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-amami2015_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amami2015-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The aircraft was being rolled from a hangar bay onto an elevator. The aircraft had mounted on it a <a href="/wiki/B43_nuclear_bomb" title="B43 nuclear bomb">B43 nuclear bomb</a>. The pilot, Lieutenant JG Douglas Webster, the A-4E Skyhawk, BuNo <i>151022</i>, of Attack Squadron <a href="/wiki/VA-56_(U.S._Navy)" title="VA-56 (U.S. Navy)">VA-56 "Champions"</a>, and the nuclear weapon were all lost.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No public mention was made of the incident at the time and it would not come to light until a 1981 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> report revealed that a one-megaton bomb had been lost.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Japan then asked for details of the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1966–1967,_1967–1968_deployments"><span id="1966.E2.80.931967.2C_1967.E2.80.931968_deployments"></span>1966–1967, 1967–1968 deployments</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1966–1967, 1967–1968 deployments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CVW-19_1970.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/CVW-19_1970.jpg/220px-CVW-19_1970.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/CVW-19_1970.jpg/330px-CVW-19_1970.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/CVW-19_1970.jpg/440px-CVW-19_1970.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="619" /></a><figcaption>Aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing Nineteen (CVW-19) near the time described in the article – this photo is from 1971 when Air Wing Nineteen had moved to USS <i>Oriskany</i>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following repairs she steamed out of San Diego on 9 July to begin a normal round of West Coast training operations. Those and similar evolutions continued until 15 October, when <i>Ticonderoga</i> departed San Diego, bound via Hawaii for the western Pacific. The carrier reached Yokosuka, Japan, on 30 October and remained there until 5 November when she headed south for an overnight stop at <a href="/wiki/U.S._Naval_Base_Subic_Bay" title="U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay">U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay</a>, Subic Bay in the Philippines on 10–11 November. On 13 November, <i>Ticonderoga</i> arrived in the Gulf of Tonkin and began the first of three combat tours during her 1966–1967 deployment. She launched 11,650 combat sorties, all against enemy targets located in North Vietnam. Again, her primary targets were logistics and communications lines and transportation facilities. For her contribution and that of Air Wing Nineteen to <a href="/wiki/Operation_Rolling_Thunder" title="Operation Rolling Thunder">Operation Rolling Thunder</a>, <i>Ticonderoga</i> was awarded her second Navy Unit Commendation.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She completed her final line period on 27 April 1967 and returned to Yokosuka, from which she departed again on 19 May to return to the United States. Ten days later, the carrier entered San Diego and began a month-long, post-deployment stand-down. At the beginning of July, she shifted to <a href="/wiki/Bremerton,_Washington" title="Bremerton, Washington">Bremerton, Washington</a>, where she entered the Puget Sound for two months of repairs. Upon the completion of yard work, she departed Bremerton on 6 September and steamed south to training operations off the coast of southern California. </p><p>On 28 December 1967, <i>Ticonderoga</i> sailed for her fourth combat deployment to the waters off the Indochinese coast and arrived on Yankee Station in January 1968. <i>Ticonderoga</i> was on Yankee Station for the beginning of the 1968 Tet Offensive. Nearly coincidental with the <a href="/wiki/Tet_Offensive" title="Tet Offensive">Tet Offensive</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Khe_Sanh" title="Battle of Khe Sanh">siege of Khe Sanh</a> began and <a href="/wiki/USS_Pueblo_(AGER-2)" title="USS Pueblo (AGER-2)"><i>Pueblo</i></a>, an American spy ship, was seized by the North Koreans and taken to Wonsan harbor. The aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-61)" title="USS Ranger (CV-61)"><i>Ranger</i></a> was immediately deployed to the coast of North Korea, beginning <a href="/wiki/Operation_Formation_Star" title="Operation Formation Star">Operation Formation Star</a>. Approximately a week later, <i>Ranger</i> was relieved off Korea by <i>Ticonderoga</i> and returned to Yankee Station. <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)"><i>Enterprise</i></a> joined <i>Ticonderoga</i> and strikes were planned against seven <a href="/wiki/MiG" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG">MiG</a> airfields with approximately 200 MiGS. These strikes were never executed and <i>Ticonderoga</i> returned to Yankee Station to resume her role in the Tet Offensive.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Between January 1968 and July 1968, <i>Ticonderoga</i> was on the line off the coast of Vietnam for five separate periods totaling 120 days of combat duty. During that time, her air wing flew just over 13,000 combat sorties against North Vietnamese and <a href="/wiki/Viet_Cong" title="Viet Cong">Viet Cong</a> forces, most frequently in the continuing attempts to interdict the enemy lines of supply. </p><p>Between line periods, she regularly returned to Subic Bay and <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Cubi_Point" title="Naval Air Station Cubi Point">Naval Air Station Cubi Point</a> for rest and replenishment. She also made port visits at Singapore and Hong Kong. On 9 July, during her fifth line period, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant commander (United States)">LCDR</a> <a href="/wiki/John_B._Nichols" title="John B. Nichols">John B. Nichols</a> claimed <i>Ticonderoga</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s first MiG kill. The carrier completed that line period and entered Subic Bay for upkeep on 25 July. <i>Ticonderoga</i> then proceeded for her homeport in Naval Air Station North Island, <a href="/wiki/Coronado,_California" title="Coronado, California">Coronado, California</a> arriving on 17 August 1968 after a one-day delay in the fog off San Diego in the San Clemente Channel. Shortly thereafter, <i>Ticonderoga</i> moved to the <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Naval_Shipyard" title="Long Beach Naval Shipyard">Long Beach Naval Shipyard</a> for repairs and certain conversions to handle the A-7 Corsair attack jet and to prepare for her fifth combat cruise in February 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_deployments">Final deployments</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Final deployments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the first month of 1969, <i>Ticonderoga</i> made preparations for her fifth consecutive combat deployment to the Southeast Asia area. On 1 February, she cleared San Diego and headed west. After a brief stop at Pearl Harbor a week later, she continued her voyage to Yokosuka where she arrived on the 20th. The carrier departed Yokosuka on 28 February for the coast of Vietnam where she arrived on 4 March. Over the next four months, <i>Ticonderoga</i> served four periods on the line off Vietnam, interdicting Communist <a href="/wiki/Supply_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Supply line">supply lines</a> and making strikes against their positions. </p><p>During her second line period, however, her tour of duty off Vietnam came to an abrupt end on 16 April when she was shifted north to the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a>. <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korean</a> aircraft had <a href="/wiki/1969_EC-121_shootdown_incident" title="1969 EC-121 shootdown incident">shot down a Navy reconnaissance aircraft</a> in the area, and <i>Ticonderoga</i> was called upon to beef up the forces assigned to the vicinity. However, the crisis abated, and <i>Ticonderoga</i> entered Subic Bay on 27 April for upkeep. On 8 May, she departed the Philippines to return to "Yankee Station" and resumed interdiction operations. Between her third and fourth line periods, the carrier visited Sasebo and Hong Kong. </p><p>The aircraft carrier took station off Vietnam for her last line period of the deployment on 26 June and there followed 37 more days of highly successful air sorties against enemy targets. Following that tour, she joined TF 71 in the Sea of Japan for the remainder of the deployment. <i>Ticonderoga</i> concluded the deployment—a highly successful one, for she received her third Navy Unit Commendation for her operations during that tour of duty—when she left Subic Bay on 4 September.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Vietnam_service">Post-Vietnam service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Post-Vietnam service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Apollo_17_crewmembers_arrive_aboard_USS_Ticonderoga_(CVS-14)_on_19_December_1972_(S72-55937).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Apollo_17_crewmembers_arrive_aboard_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29_on_19_December_1972_%28S72-55937%29.jpg/220px-Apollo_17_crewmembers_arrive_aboard_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29_on_19_December_1972_%28S72-55937%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Apollo_17_crewmembers_arrive_aboard_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29_on_19_December_1972_%28S72-55937%29.jpg/330px-Apollo_17_crewmembers_arrive_aboard_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29_on_19_December_1972_%28S72-55937%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Apollo_17_crewmembers_arrive_aboard_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29_on_19_December_1972_%28S72-55937%29.jpg/440px-Apollo_17_crewmembers_arrive_aboard_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29_on_19_December_1972_%28S72-55937%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6752" data-file-height="6752" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Apollo_17" title="Apollo 17">Apollo 17</a> crew arrive aboard <i>Ticonderoga</i> on 19 December 1972</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Ticonderoga</i> arrived in San Diego on 18 September 1969. After almost a month of post-deployment stand-down, she moved to the Long Beach Naval Shipyard in mid-October to begin conversion to an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft carrier. Overhaul and conversion work began on 20 October, and <i>Ticonderoga</i> was redesignated <i>CVS-14</i> the next day. She completed overhaul and conversion on 28 May 1970 and conducted exercises out of Long Beach for most of June. On 26 June, the new ASW support carrier entered her new home port, San Diego. In July–August, she conducted refresher training, refresher air operations, and carrier landing qualifications. She operated off the California coast for the remainder of the year and participated in two naval exercises-HUKASWEX 4–70 late in October and COMPUTEX 23–70 between 30 November and 3 December. </p><p>USS <i>Ticonderoga</i> made an all but brief appearance in the Movie <i><a href="/wiki/Tora!_Tora!_Tora!" title="Tora! Tora! Tora!">Tora! Tora! Tora!</a></i> which was being filmed in 1970, Ticonderoga Flight Deck Number 14 briefly appears in shot, while playing Admiral William (Bull) Halsey's Flagship USS Enterprise (CV-6). </p><p>During the remainder of her active career, <i>Ticonderoga</i> made two more deployments to the Far East. Because of her change in mission, neither tour of duty included combat operations off Vietnam. Both, however, included training exercises in the Sea of Japan with ships of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Maritime_Self_Defense_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force">Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force</a>. The first of these two cruises also brought operations in the Indian Ocean with units of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Navy" title="Royal Thai Navy">Thai Navy</a> and a transit of Sunda Strait during which a ceremony was held to commemorate the loss of the cruisers <a href="/wiki/USS_Houston_(CA-30)" title="USS Houston (CA-30)"><i>Houston</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Perth_(D29)" title="HMAS Perth (D29)">HMAS <i>Perth</i></a> in 1942. In between these two last deployments, she operated in the eastern Pacific and participated in the recovery of the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_16" title="Apollo 16">Apollo 16</a> Moon mission capsule and astronauts 215 miles SE off <a href="/wiki/Kiritimati" title="Kiritimati">Christmas Island</a> during April 1972. The second deployment came in the summer of 1972, and, in addition to the training exercises in the Sea of Japan, <i>Ticonderoga</i> also joined ASW training operations in the South China Sea. That fall, she returned to the eastern Pacific and, in November practiced for the recovery of <a href="/wiki/Apollo_17" title="Apollo 17">Apollo 17</a>. The next month, <i>Ticonderoga</i> recovered her second set of space voyagers near American Samoa at decimal -17.88, -166.11. The carrier then headed back to San Diego where she arrived on 28 December. On 22 June 1973, <i>Ticonderoga</i> recovered the <a href="/wiki/Skylab_2" title="Skylab 2">Skylab 2</a> astronauts near San Diego. </p><p><i>Ticonderoga</i> remained active for nine more months, first operating out of San Diego and then making preparations for inactivation. On 1 September 1973, the aircraft carrier was decommissioned after a board of inspection and survey found her to be unfit for further naval service. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 16 November 1973, and arrangements were begun to sell her for scrap. She was sold for scrap 1 September 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SH-3_Sea_King_of_HC-1_recovers_Apollo_17_astronauts_off_USS_Ticonderoga_(CVS-14),_19_December_1972_(Ap17-S72-55974).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/SH-3_Sea_King_of_HC-1_recovers_Apollo_17_astronauts_off_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29%2C_19_December_1972_%28Ap17-S72-55974%29.jpg/220px-SH-3_Sea_King_of_HC-1_recovers_Apollo_17_astronauts_off_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29%2C_19_December_1972_%28Ap17-S72-55974%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/SH-3_Sea_King_of_HC-1_recovers_Apollo_17_astronauts_off_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29%2C_19_December_1972_%28Ap17-S72-55974%29.jpg/330px-SH-3_Sea_King_of_HC-1_recovers_Apollo_17_astronauts_off_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29%2C_19_December_1972_%28Ap17-S72-55974%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/SH-3_Sea_King_of_HC-1_recovers_Apollo_17_astronauts_off_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29%2C_19_December_1972_%28Ap17-S72-55974%29.jpg/440px-SH-3_Sea_King_of_HC-1_recovers_Apollo_17_astronauts_off_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVS-14%29%2C_19_December_1972_%28Ap17-S72-55974%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1912" data-file-height="2043" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Apollo_17" title="Apollo 17">Apollo 17</a> recovery operations</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Ticonderoga</i> received five battle stars during World War II and three Navy Unit Commendations, one Meritorious Unit Commendation, and twelve battle stars during the Vietnam War.<sup id="cite_ref-DANFS_3-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DANFS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Unit_Commendation" title="Navy Unit Commendation">Navy Unit Commendation</a> (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation">Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Campaign_Medal" title="American Campaign Medal">American Campaign Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asiatic%E2%80%93Pacific_Campaign_Medal" title="Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal">Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal</a> (5 <a href="/wiki/Battle_stars" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle stars">battle stars</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Victory_Medal" title="World War II Victory Medal">World War II Victory Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Occupation_Service_Medal" title="Navy Occupation Service Medal">Navy Occupation Service Medal</a> (with Asia clasp)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Service_Medal" title="National Defense Service Medal">National Defense Service Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal" title="Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal">Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal</a> (4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_Service_Medal" title="Vietnam Service Medal">Vietnam Service Medal</a> (12 battle stars)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Defense_Service_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Defense Service Medal">Korean Defense Service Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Republic_Presidential_Unit_Citation" title="Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation">Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallantry_Cross_(South_Vietnam)" title="Gallantry Cross (South Vietnam)">Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gallantry_Cross_Medal_Color_with_Palm" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallantry Cross Medal Color with Palm">Gallantry Cross Medal with Palm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Liberation_Medal" title="Philippine Liberation Medal">Philippine Liberation Medal</a> (1 battle star)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal">Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal</a></li></ul> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)_burning_in_Jan_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ticonderoga burning on 21 January 1945"><img alt="Ticonderoga burning on 21 January 1945" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_burning_in_Jan_1945.jpg/120px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_burning_in_Jan_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_burning_in_Jan_1945.jpg/180px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_burning_in_Jan_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_burning_in_Jan_1945.jpg/240px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_burning_in_Jan_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="646" data-file-height="376" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Ticonderoga</i> burning on 21 January 1945</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)_underway_at_sea_c1954.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ticonderoga underway in 1954"><img alt="Ticonderoga underway in 1954" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_underway_at_sea_c1954.jpg/120px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_underway_at_sea_c1954.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_underway_at_sea_c1954.jpg/180px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_underway_at_sea_c1954.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_underway_at_sea_c1954.jpg/240px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CV-14%29_underway_at_sea_c1954.jpg 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="548" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Ticonderoga</i> underway in 1954</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aft_view_of_USS_Ticonderoga_(CVA-14)_c1957.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aft view of Ticonderoga in 1957"><img alt="Aft view of Ticonderoga in 1957" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Aft_view_of_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_c1957.jpg/120px-Aft_view_of_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_c1957.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Aft_view_of_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_c1957.jpg/180px-Aft_view_of_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_c1957.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Aft_view_of_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_c1957.jpg/240px-Aft_view_of_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_c1957.jpg 2x" data-file-width="803" data-file-height="599" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Aft view of <i>Ticonderoga</i> in 1957</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Ticonderoga_(CVA-14)_underway_in_1960.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ticonderoga underway in 1960"><img alt="Ticonderoga underway in 1960" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_underway_in_1960.jpg/120px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_underway_in_1960.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_underway_in_1960.jpg/180px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_underway_in_1960.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_underway_in_1960.jpg/240px-USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_underway_in_1960.jpg 2x" data-file-width="462" data-file-height="358" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Ticonderoga</i> underway in 1960</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A3D-2_Skywarrior_of_VAH-4_launching_from_USS_Ticonderoga_(CVA-14)_1960.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A3D-2 Skywarrior of VAH-4 launching from Ticonderoga in 1960"><img alt="A3D-2 Skywarrior of VAH-4 launching from Ticonderoga in 1960" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/A3D-2_Skywarrior_of_VAH-4_launching_from_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1960.jpg/120px-A3D-2_Skywarrior_of_VAH-4_launching_from_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1960.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/A3D-2_Skywarrior_of_VAH-4_launching_from_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1960.jpg/180px-A3D-2_Skywarrior_of_VAH-4_launching_from_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1960.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/A3D-2_Skywarrior_of_VAH-4_launching_from_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1960.jpg/240px-A3D-2_Skywarrior_of_VAH-4_launching_from_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1960.jpg 2x" data-file-width="643" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-3_Skywarrior" title="Douglas A-3 Skywarrior">A3D-2 Skywarrior</a> of <a href="/wiki/VAQ-131" title="VAQ-131">VAH-4</a> launching from <i>Ticonderoga</i> in 1960</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RF-8A_of_VFP-63_landing_on_USS_Ticonderoga_(CVA-14)_in_1963.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="RF-8A of VFP-63 landing on Ticonderoga in 1963"><img alt="RF-8A of VFP-63 landing on Ticonderoga in 1963" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/RF-8A_of_VFP-63_landing_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_in_1963.jpg/120px-RF-8A_of_VFP-63_landing_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_in_1963.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/RF-8A_of_VFP-63_landing_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_in_1963.jpg/180px-RF-8A_of_VFP-63_landing_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_in_1963.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/RF-8A_of_VFP-63_landing_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_in_1963.jpg/240px-RF-8A_of_VFP-63_landing_on_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_in_1963.jpg 2x" data-file-width="877" data-file-height="555" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/RF-8_Crusader" class="mw-redirect" title="RF-8 Crusader">RF-8A</a> of <a href="/wiki/VFP-63" title="VFP-63">VFP-63</a> landing on <i>Ticonderoga</i> in 1963</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CVW-19_aircraft_flying_over_USS_Ticonderoga_(CVA-14)_1968.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="CVW-19 aircraft flying over Ticonderoga in 1968"><img alt="CVW-19 aircraft flying over Ticonderoga in 1968" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/CVW-19_aircraft_flying_over_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1968.jpg/120px-CVW-19_aircraft_flying_over_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1968.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/CVW-19_aircraft_flying_over_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1968.jpg/180px-CVW-19_aircraft_flying_over_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1968.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/CVW-19_aircraft_flying_over_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1968.jpg/240px-CVW-19_aircraft_flying_over_USS_Ticonderoga_%28CVA-14%29_1968.jpg 2x" data-file-width="807" data-file-height="606" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carrier_Air_Wing_Nineteen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carrier Air Wing Nineteen (page does not exist)">CVW-19</a> aircraft flying over <i>Ticonderoga</i> in 1968</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Apollo-17-with-USS-Ticonderoga.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Apollo 17 and Ticonderoga on 19 December 1972"><img alt="Apollo 17 and Ticonderoga on 19 December 1972" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Apollo-17-with-USS-Ticonderoga.jpg/120px-Apollo-17-with-USS-Ticonderoga.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Apollo-17-with-USS-Ticonderoga.jpg/180px-Apollo-17-with-USS-Ticonderoga.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Apollo-17-with-USS-Ticonderoga.jpg/240px-Apollo-17-with-USS-Ticonderoga.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1629" data-file-height="1065" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Apollo_17" title="Apollo 17">Apollo 17</a> and <i>Ticonderoga</i> on 19 December 1972</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading 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