She fired the opening shots more than once.
She launched Tomahawks in Desert Storm, in the first night of NATO's Kosovo campaign, and in the first wave of strikes on ISIL in Syria.
The Ship
USS Philippine Sea CG 58
The War Dawgs exhibit hall. Step aboard and walk through the history of the ship we called home, 1989 to 2025.
Navy releases spell the nickname War Dogs; shipmates call her the War Dawgs.
Welcome Aboard
From 1989 to 2025, USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) stood the watch. She was a Ticonderoga-class Aegis guided-missile cruiser, built in Maine and homeported in Florida and then Virginia. Over 36 years her crews took her from the Red Sea in Desert Storm to the Adriatic, the Arabian Gulf, the Caribbean, and the Red Sea again. Walk the decks with us one more time.
“Whenever something significant was happening in the world, Philippine Sea was there.”
Adm. James W. Kilby, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, at the decommissioning ceremony, Sept. 25, 2025
Gallery 1
A Name Earned in Battle
The Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 19 to 20, 1944
The U.S. Navy's Task Force 58 met Japan's carrier fleet in the waters several hundred miles west of Saipan. Most of the fighting happened in the air. On the first day, American fighter pilots shot down so many attacking planes that a Lexington sailor said it was "just like an old-time turkey shoot," and the fight became known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot." U.S. submarines sank the Japanese carriers Taiho and Shokaku, and a long-range strike the next evening sank the carrier Hiyo. By the evening of June 20, the back of Japanese naval aviation was broken.
“The greatest carrier battle of the war, and the reason for our ship's name.”
Source [5]
The first Philippine Sea: aircraft carrier CV-47
Our cruiser was the second Navy ship to carry the name.
- Essex-class carrier, laid down by Bethlehem Steel in Quincy, Mass., on Aug. 19, 1944, and commissioned May 11, 1946.
Source [7]
- On Jan. 29, 1947, during Operation Highjump, she flew Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd and his party off to begin their polar explorations from Little America.
Source [7]
- In the Korean War she sailed into action as flagship of Task Force 77 on Aug. 5, 1950, supported the Inchon landings, and covered the Marines on the long withdrawal to Hungnam.
Source [7]
- She earned nine battle stars for Korean service.
Source [7]
- She was decommissioned Dec. 28, 1958, struck from the Navy list on Dec. 1, 1969, and sold for scrap in March 1971.
Gallery 2
Built in Bath, Commissioned in Portland
| Milestone | Date | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract awarded | Dec. 27, 1983 | Bath Iron Works | Source [9] |
| Keel laid | April 8, 1986 | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | |
| Launched | July 12, 1987 | Bath, Maine | |
| Delivered to the Navy | Jan. 27, 1989 | Source [9] | |
| Commissioned | March 18, 1989 | Portland, Maine | |
| First homeport | Naval Station Mayport, Fla. | Source [1] | |
| Homeport change | May 2021 | Naval Station Norfolk, Va. | Source [1] |
| Final deployment begins | Jan. 20, 2025 | Norfolk, Va. | Source [10] |
| Decommissioned | Sept. 25, 2025 (ceremony) | Naval Station Norfolk, Va. | Source [3] |
Her sponsor was Mrs. Renée Lyons, wife of Adm. James A. Lyons Jr.
Gallery 3
Anatomy of an Aegis Cruiser
Ticonderoga-class cruisers were built around the Aegis combat system and its SPY-1 radar. The Navy says this pairing gives them antiair capability of "pinpoint accuracy from wave-top to zenith," while the ships also hunt submarines, fight surface ships, and strike targets ashore with Tomahawk missiles.
Source [12]
| Feature | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Class | Ticonderoga (CG 47), Aegis guided-missile cruiser | Source [12] |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | Source [12] |
| Length | 567 feet | Source [12] |
| Beam | 55 feet | Source [12] |
| Mast height | 156 feet | Source [13] |
| Displacement | 9,600 long tons, full load | Source [12] |
| Propulsion | 4 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shaft horsepower | Source [12] |
| Speed | 30-plus knots | Source [12] |
| Crew | About 30 officers and 300 enlisted | Source [12] |
| Missile launchers | Two Mk 41 vertical launching systems, 122 cells in all | Source [33] |
| Missiles | Standard surface-to-air missiles, Vertical Launch ASROC, Tomahawk cruise missiles | Source [12] |
| Guns | Two Mk 45 5-inch lightweight guns, two Phalanx close-in weapon systems | Source [12] |
| Torpedoes | Mk 46 torpedoes from two triple tube mounts | Source [12] |
| Helicopters | Two SH-60 Seahawk (LAMPS III) | Source [12] |
| Radio call sign | NWIN (November Whiskey India November) | Source [11] |
| Unit cost (class) | About $1 billion each | Source [12] |
By the Numbers
36years of service, 1989 to 2025
Source [3]
567feet long, 55 feet wide
Source [12]
9,600long tons at full load
Source [12]
80,000shaft horsepower from 4 gas turbines
Source [12]
30+knots
Source [12]
122missile launch cells
Source [33]
2Seahawk helicopters
Source [12]
6Suez Canal transits on her first deployment, a Navy first
Source [17]
47Tomahawks launched by two ships, her and Arleigh Burke, on the first night against ISIL in Syria
Source [22]
60,000nautical miles (nearly) on the 2020 to 2021 deployment
Source [15]
18transits of the Strait of Hormuz on that same deployment
Source [15]
24mariners airlifted from the Tutor, June 15, 2024
Source [26]
8Battle E awards
Source [3]
9battle stars earned by the first Philippine Sea in Korea
Source [7]
Galleries 4 and 5
Motto and Nickname
Nickname
The War Dogs
Navy news releases call the crew the "War Dogs." A 2020 Navy release also used "Wardog Family," and the ship's own official history pages from 2008 to 2010 used "Wardawgs" and "Mighty Wardawgs." In 2021 her commanding officer called the crew and their loved ones the "War Dog Family" and signed off "58 STRONG!"
Gallery 6
Service Timeline
From her first deployment to her final watch.
- 1990 to 1991
Desert Shield and Desert Storm
On her first deployment she escorted the carrier Saratoga across the Atlantic, joined the Maritime Interception Force in the Gulf of Aqaba, and twice fired warning shots to stop ships trying to slip the U.N. blockade. When the war began, she fired Tomahawk cruise missiles at targets in Iraq. She also became the first Navy ship ever to transit the Suez Canal six times.
Source [17]
- 1991 to 1996
Counterdrug patrols, the Adriatic, and the Baltic
Later in 1991 she led a counterdrug joint task force in the Caribbean, earning the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. She went back to the Red Sea to enforce U.N. sanctions on Iraq, deployed to the Adriatic in support of U.N. operations off the former Yugoslavia, and in 1995 served as flagship for Baltic Operations.
Source [14]. Secondary source.
- March 24, 1999
First strikes of Operation Allied Force
In the Adriatic, Philippine Sea was one of five U.S. and British ships and submarines that launched the opening cruise missile strikes of NATO's Kosovo campaign.
Source [18]
- Oct. 7, 2001
Operation Enduring Freedom
Weeks after 9/11, she launched Tomahawk missiles against al Qaeda training camps and Taliban military sites in Afghanistan.
Source [19]
- 2003 to 2004
Maritime interdiction in the Persian Gulf
With the Enterprise group, she served as command ship for interdiction operations. Her boarding teams made more than 120 boardings, and she helped protect Iraq's Al Basra oil terminal. She returned to Mayport March 12, 2004.
Source [14]. Secondary source.
- 2006
Flagship for Coalition Task Force 158
On a Persian Gulf deployment, she took flagship duties for Coalition Task Force 158, providing maritime security, and returned to Mayport Dec. 8, 2006.
Source [11]
- July 6, 2011
Rescue off Aden
She rescued 26 Filipino crew members from the burning tanker Brillante Virtuoso, about 20 nautical miles southwest of Aden, Yemen.
Source [20]
- Sept. 14, 2012
A hero's farewell
The ashes of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, were committed to the Atlantic Ocean in a burial at sea held aboard Philippine Sea.
Source [21]
- Sept. 23, 2014
Operation Inherent Resolve begins in Syria
From the northern Arabian Gulf, Philippine Sea and the destroyer Arleigh Burke in the Red Sea launched 47 Tomahawk missiles between them in the first wave of strikes on ISIL in Syria. She was part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group.
- 2020 to 2021
A 10-month pandemic deployment
She sailed nearly 60,000 nautical miles, made 18 transits of the Strait of Hormuz, served as regional air and missile defense commander for the Nimitz group, and returned to Mayport on April 21, 2021.
- May 2021
New homeport
She shifted her homeport to Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
Source [1]
- February 2023
The balloon
In early February 2023, after a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon was shot down off South Carolina, she worked the debris field alongside the recovery ships.
Source [24]
- Oct. 2023 to 2024
The Red Sea
She deployed Oct. 14, 2023, with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. On the night of Jan. 11, 2024, she joined the first U.S. and U.K. strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. On June 13, 2024, her HSM-74 helicopter evacuated a badly injured mariner from the missile-struck ship Verbena, and on June 15 it airlifted 24 mariners from the stricken bulk carrier Tutor to safety aboard Philippine Sea.
- Jan. 20, 2025
Final deployment
She sailed from Norfolk for the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, to work with partners in the region and help deter illicit activity along Caribbean and Central American shipping routes.
Source [10]
- Sept. 25, 2025
Decommissioned
Hundreds gathered at Naval Station Norfolk, including plankowners and former crew, for her decommissioning ceremony alongside her sister ship Normandy.
Photo gallery
Deployments and Operations
Two ships, one name. Photos from the public record, in date order.
Circa 1948USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) exercising at sea with another carrier and a heavy cruiser, circa 1948. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) at sea
July 1, 1952USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), USS Barton (DD-722) and USS Iowa (BB-61) operating in the Sea of Japan, off Korea, during replenishment operations on 1 July 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) off Korea
July 9, 1955USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) makes a sharp turn to starboard, while steaming in the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet, 9 July 1955. Photographed by PH1 D.L. Lash. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) with the Seventh Fleet
February 22, 1999Aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) on Feb. 22, 1999, USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) steams off the port side of USS Enterprise while an F/A-18C Hornet launches from the flight deck. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Damon J. Moritz.
With USS Enterprise
September 21, 2003USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) makes her way in the Atlantic Ocean during a week long work up before an upcoming six-month deployment as part of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Carrier Strike Group. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Aaron Peterson.
Underway in the Atlantic
July 19, 2005The guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) conducts Surface Action Group operations during exercise Nautical Union in the Persian Gulf. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st class Robert R. McRill.
Exercise Nautical Union, Persian Gulf
June 6, 2006The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) gets underway to join the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group deployment. U.S. Navy photo By Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Susan Cornell
Getting underway to join Iwo Jima ESG
October 22, 2010The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) conducts training operations in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jason C. Winn
Training with the George H.W. Bush Strike Group
September 14, 2012Members of the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard hold an American flag over the remains of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong during a burial at sea service aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 14, 2012. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of NASA, Bill Ingalls
Burial at sea for Neil Armstrong
September 22, 2014The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) launches a Tomahawk cruise missile as seen from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Garst
Tomahawk launch
December 8, 2016The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) fires a five-inch gun during a live-fire exercise in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Danny Ray Nunez Jr.
Five-inch gun live fire
December 13, 2023A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet flies over the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) on Dec. 13, 2023. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Keith Nowak
Super Hornet flyover
December 15, 2023The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), right, pulls alongside the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) during a replenishment-at-sea on Dec. 15, 2023. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Keith Nowak
Alongside USNS Supply
December 15, 2023U.S. Navy Sailors unload supplies onboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) during a replenishment-at-sea with the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) on Dec. 15, 2023. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Keith Nowak
Unloading supplies at sea
July 14, 2024The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, July 14, 2024, concluding a nine-month deployment to the Atlantic. U.S. Navy Photo/Video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Grace V. Lyles
Home to Norfolk
January 20, 2025The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) departs from Naval Station Norfolk. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Evan Thompson
Departing Norfolk
September 25, 2025U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, disembark the ship during its decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 25, 2025. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jamison Sutton
Decommissioning, Naval Station Norfolk
Gallery 7
Honors
Over 36 years the ship earned eight Battle Effectiveness ("Battle E") awards, three Navy Unit Commendations, and three Meritorious Unit Commendations.
Source [3]
Other honors reported in a secondary account include the Joint Meritorious Unit Award (Caribbean counterdrug operations, 1991), the Southwest Asia Service Medal and Kuwait Liberation Medal (Desert Storm), and the James F. Chezek Award for the top naval gunfire support score in the Atlantic Fleet in 1992.
Source [14]. Secondary source.
Did You Know?
She carried Neil Armstrong home to the sea.
The Apollo 11 astronaut, a former Navy pilot, was buried at sea from her deck in 2012.
Source [21]
A Navy first at the Suez.
In 1990 to 1991 she became the first Navy ship to transit the Suez Canal six times.
Source [17]
Her namesake flew Admiral Byrd to Antarctica.
The carrier CV-47 launched Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd and his party on their polar exploration in 1947.
Source [7]
A shipmate came back to say goodbye.
The admiral who gave the decommissioning address, Adm. James W. Kilby, served aboard Philippine Sea more than 35 years earlier.
She and Normandy started and ended together.
Both cruisers were built in Bath, both were commissioned in 1989, and both were decommissioned at Norfolk on the same day in 2025.
Gallery 8
Where She Is Now
After decommissioning, the Navy planned to move her to the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, where she would become a logistics support asset (a source of parts for ships still serving).
Source [3]
Watch
Video of the ship from commissioning to her final tow. Each video plays from YouTube and belongs to the channel named under it.
The official decommissioning ceremony from Sept. 25, 2025 is on DVIDS: USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) decommissioning ceremony.
Sources
Every fact in these exhibits is drawn from the numbered sources below.
- U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, "USS Philippine Sea (CG 58): History." https://www.surflant.usff.navy.mil/Organization/Operational-Forces/Cruisers/USS-Philippine-Sea-CG-58/About-Us/History/
- GlobalSecurity.org, "CG 58 Philippine Sea" (second ship of the name). https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/cg-58.htm
- DVIDS, Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, "USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) Decommissions After 36 Years of Naval Service," Sept. 25, 2025. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/548958/uss-philippine-sea-cg-58-decommissions-after-36-years-naval-service Note: one paragraph of this release mistakenly describes the namesake as a campaign in Western Europe; that line is not used. The same release inverts the keynote speaker's name as "Kilby W. James"; his official Navy biography is Adm. James W. Kilby. A photo caption in this release also gives the commissioning date as March 19, 1989, which conflicts with the release body, the ship's official history page, and the Naval Vessel Register.
- Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), "The Battle of the Philippine Sea." https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/battle-philippine-sea.html
- NHHC, "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot." https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/battle-philippine-sea/turkey-shoot.html
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy (NHHC), "Battle of the Philippine Sea: June 19-20, 1944." https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-pacific/mariana-islands/philippine-sea.html
- NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, "Philippine Sea I (CV-47)." https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/philippine-sea.html
- NHHC (archived), "USS Philippine Sea (CV-47, later CVA-47, CVS-47 and AVT-11), 1946-1971." https://web.archive.org/web/20101206223549/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/cv47.htm
- Naval Vessel Register (archived 2016), "USS Philippine Sea (CG 58)." https://web.archive.org/web/20160807131316/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/CG58.HTM
- DVIDS, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, "USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) departs Naval Station Norfolk," Jan. 20, 2025. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/489351/uss-philippine-sea-cg-58-departs-naval-station-norfolk
- NavSource Online, Cruiser Photo Archive, "USS Philippine Sea (CG 58)." https://www.navsource.org/archives/04/1158/040158.htm
- U.S. Navy Fact File, "Cruisers - CG," updated April 23, 2025. https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2169861/cruisers-cg/
- U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, "USS Philippine Sea (CG 58): About Us." https://www.surflant.usff.navy.mil/Organization/Operational-Forces/Cruisers/USS-Philippine-Sea-CG-58/About-Us/
- GlobalSecurity.org, "CG 58 Philippine Sea" (deployment history 1990 to 2004). https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/cg-58.htm
- DVIDS, Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, "USS Philippine Sea Returns Home from Deployment," April 21, 2021. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/394358/uss-philippine-sea-returns-home-deployment
- USS Philippine Sea official website, archived Oct. 14, 2004 (U.S. government web harvest). https://webharvest.gov/peth04/20041014232108/http://www.philippine-sea.navy.mil/
- NHHC, "The United States Navy in Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Appendix A: Chronology, March 1991." https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/u/us-navy-in-desert-shield-desert-storm/march-1991.html
- NHHC, "Operations in Kosovo" (Operation Allied Force). https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/bosnia-kosovo/allied-force.html
- U.S. Department of Defense photo, "A Tomahawk cruise missile is launched from the USS Philippine Sea (CG 58)...," Oct. 7, 2001. https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2002019457/
- MarineLink, "USS Philippine Sea Rescues Crew Off Aden," July 7, 2011 (reporting a U.S. Navy account). https://www.marinelink.com/news/philippine-rescues-crew339428
- NASA, "Armstrong Burial at Sea," Sept. 14, 2012. https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/armstrong-burial-sea/
- U.S. Central Command, "Sept. 23: U.S. Military, Partner Nations Conduct Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria." https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/NEWS-ARTICLES/News-Article-View/Article/884858/sept-23-us-military-partner-nations-conduct-airstrikes-against-isil-in-syria/
- DoD News / U.S. Army, "DOD official: Successful Syrian strikes only the start," Sept. 23, 2014. https://www.army.mil/article/134286/dod_official_successful_syrian_strikes_only_the_start
- U.S. Navy, "U.S. Navy Collecting Surveillance Balloon Debris," Feb. 6, 2023 (photo caption 230204-N-MN133-7489). https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3290232/us-navy-collecting-surveillance-balloon-debris/
- USNI News, "Ike's Carrier Air Wing 3, USS Gravely, USS Philippine Sea and USS Mason Struck Houthi Targets," Jan. 12, 2024. https://news.usni.org/2024/01/12/ikes-carrier-air-wing-3-uss-gravely-uss-philippine-sea-and-uss-mason-struck-houthi-targets
- U.S. Navy, Carrier Strike Group 2 Public Affairs, "U.S. Navy Rescues Crew from Vessel Struck by Houthis," June 17, 2024. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/3808975/us-navy-rescues-crew-from-vessel-struck-by-houthis/
- Stars and Stripes, "2 guided missile cruisers decommissioned in Virginia after 36 years of service," Sept. 26, 2025. https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-09-26/uss-normandy-philippine-sea-decommissioning-norfolk-19231984.html
- U.S. Navy, "Admiral James W. Kilby," Flag Officer Biography. https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Flag-Officer-Biographies/Article/3632859/admiral-james-w-kilby/
- DVIDS / Navy News Service, "USS Philippine Sea Departs on Deployment," Aug. 14, 2020. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/376042/uss-philippine-sea-departs-deployment
- Maritime Reporter, "Navy Commissions Guided Missile Cruiser," June 1989. https://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MaritimeReporter/198906/content/commissions-missile-cruiser-200647
- The Washington Post (via Legacy), "Renée Lyons Obituary," 2018. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/renee-lyons-obituary?id=1750163
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- USS Philippine Sea official website, "Ship's History: 2008-Present," archived June 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100609145714/http://www.philippine-sea.navy.mil/Site%20Pages/cg58_history.aspx
- USNI News, "Bush Carrier Strike Group to Deploy Saturday," Feb. 12, 2014. https://news.usni.org/2014/02/12/bush-carrier-strike-group-deploy-saturday
Photo credits
All photos on this page are public domain U.S. Navy or official U.S. Navy photographs.
- Page header: Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 21, 2003. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Aaron Peterson.
- USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) at sea, Circa 1948. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
- USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) off Korea, July 1, 1952. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
- USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) with the Seventh Fleet, July 9, 1955. Photographed by PH1 D.L. Lash. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
- With USS Enterprise, February 22, 1999. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Damon J. Moritz.
- Underway in the Atlantic, September 21, 2003. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Aaron Peterson.
- Exercise Nautical Union, Persian Gulf, July 19, 2005. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st class Robert R. McRill.
- Getting underway to join Iwo Jima ESG, June 6, 2006. U.S. Navy photo By Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Susan Cornell
- Training with the George H.W. Bush Strike Group, October 22, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jason C. Winn
- Burial at sea for Neil Armstrong, September 14, 2012. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of NASA, Bill Ingalls
- Tomahawk launch, September 22, 2014. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Garst
- Five-inch gun live fire, December 8, 2016. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Danny Ray Nunez Jr.
- Super Hornet flyover, December 13, 2023. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Keith Nowak
- Alongside USNS Supply, December 15, 2023. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Keith Nowak
- Unloading supplies at sea, December 15, 2023. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Keith Nowak
- Home to Norfolk, July 14, 2024. U.S. Navy Photo/Video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Grace V. Lyles
- Departing Norfolk, January 20, 2025. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Evan Thompson
- Decommissioning, Naval Station Norfolk, September 25, 2025. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jamison Sutton