Two US Navy's Ticonderoga class cruisers transits Taiwan Strait after Pelosi trip.

According to information published by the U.S. DoD on August 27, 2022, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers, USS Antietam (CG 54) and USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) are conducting a routine Taiwan Strait transit.
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Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville transits the East China Sea during routine underway operations. (Picture source: US DoD)

USS Antietam (CG-54) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy. Antietam was laid down by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 15 November 1984, launched on 14 February 1986, and commissioned on 6 June 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Antietam was one of the first vessels to take part in Operation Desert Shield, along with the rest of the Independence Battlegroup in August 1990, in response to the Invasion of Kuwait.

USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in service in the United States Navy. Chancellorsville was commissioned at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss, on 4 November 1989. She first deployed in March 1991, to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Storm.

The Ticonderoga class of guided-missile cruisers is a class of warships in the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in the 1978 fiscal year. The class uses passive phased-array radar and was originally planned as a class of destroyers.

However, the increased combat capability offered by the Aegis Combat System and the AN/SPY-1 radar system, together with the capability of operating as a flagship, were used to justify the change of the classification from DDG (guided missile destroyer) to CG (guided-missile cruiser) shortly before the keels were laid down for Ticonderoga and Yorktown.

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers are multi-role warships. Their Mk 41 VLS can launch Tomahawk cruise missiles to strike strategic or tactical targets, or fire long-range anti-aircraft Standard missiles for defense against aircraft or anti-ship missiles.

Their LAMPS III helicopters and sonar systems allow them to perform antisubmarine missions. Ticonderoga-class ships are designed to be elements of carrier battle groups or amphibious ready groups, as well as performing missions such as interdiction or escort.

With upgrades to their AN/SPY-1 phased radar systems and their associated missile payloads as part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, members of this class have, in successive tests, repeatedly demonstrated their proficiency as mobile anti-ballistic missile and anti-satellite weaponry platforms.