Caption:
Naval Station Pascagoula, Miss. (Sept. 30, 2004) -- The guided missile
cruiser USS Ticonderoga (CG 47) is towed out of Naval Station
Pascagoula immediately following the ship's decommissioning ceremony.
USS Ticonderoga was the fifth ship to bear the name Ticonderoga and
spent the past eight years homeported at Naval Station Pascagoula. The
ship will be towed to the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in
Philadelphia, Pa., where a final decision on the eventual disposition
of the ship will be made. U.S. Navy Photo by Stacey Byington (RELEASED)
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