Ticonderoga in Fiction
Ticonderoga was featured in the Tom Clancy novel Red Storm Rising (1986). In the novel, Ticonderoga is part of a surface fleet built around the carrier Nimitz. During a surprise Soviet air raid, Ticonderoga unleashes her missiles at the incoming Soviet anti-ship missiles, and succeeded in eliminating just over 60% of the number of "vampires" she had targeted. Despite her best efforts and the efforts of the other ships Ticonderoga, Nimitz, Saratoga, and several other ships receive heavy damage from the attack, while the French carrier Foch, Saipan and a handful of other vessels are destroyed.
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