Welcome to USS TICONDEROGA
Veterans Association

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Welcome to the USS TICONDEROGA Veterans' Association!
 
 
REGULAR & LIFE MEMBERSHIP IS NOW
OPEN
TO ALL TICONDEROGA-CLASS PERSONNEL!
 
 
The mission of the USS TICONDEROGA Veterans Association is to perpetuate the memory of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS TICONDEROGA (CV/CVA/CVS-l4) commissioned May 8, 1944, and the first AEGIS cruiser USS TICONDEROGA CG-47 commissioned January 22, 1983, and ship's company of these U.S. Navy vessels, to include those of all 26 additional TICONDEROGA-class cruisers.

 

Membership is open to all USS TICONDEROGA CV-CVA-CVS-14 and CG-XX personnel having served aboard these ships. In addition, membership shall be opened to other military or civilian official passengers who served aboard these ships while underway (such as flight/air group personnel, technicians, news media, space-moon shot recovery personnel, etc.). Associate membership shall be opened to relatives and friends of members who wish to participate in the association activities. An associate member shall pay annual dues and have all rights of a member except they may not cast a vote in the business of the association.


 
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 
 
Registration for the 2026 Reunion in Mobile, Alabama, is coming soon!
 
Click on the REUNION tab above then 2026 for more details.
 
  
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The June 2025 edition of the newsletter is here!
 
 
Click on NEWS above then NEWSLETTERS
 
 
The hard-copy print edition should be mailed out about
June 15th.
 
 
  
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1st Edition
 
 
 
2nd Edition
 
 
 
"The Last of the Greatest Generation"
 
Author J. Robert Gould was our guest speaker at the Orlando reunion banquet. His speech was riveting and brought many of us to tears.  His novel reveals a tale set in modern times in his first book, The Last of the Greatest Generation.  It's a great mystery novel wrapped up in a World War II international story, created in two timelines with parallel love stories and an alcoholic reporter with a nose of a good plot.
 
Featuring the USS TICONDEROGA (CV-14), nations collide as the last living World War II veteran races against time to share the harrowing secrets he's held on to for half a century. When fate steps in to disrupt his plans, the story takes on a fast-paced, masterful turn as the truth emerges, secret by secret, that will change history.
 
"I couldn't put it down!"
 
Available now on Amazon.com!
 
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MORE SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 
  • As many of you know, we are transitioning the newsletter from hard-copy to digital and have made it available on this new website. We need a good e-mail address that you regularly monitor. Please send that address to us via Ticovets.org under CONTACT above. You may also confirm and update your physical address and phone number there as well.

  • Let us know if you can receive Newsletters by e-mail. E-mail allows us to dramatically reduces the cost of publishing hard-copy newsletters.

  • The website allows us to post notices and news on a more regular basis. It also allows for more frequent detailed articles and information. Your submissions are always welcome!

 
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 YOU MAY NOW PAY YOUR DUES AND/OR REUNION FEES WITH A CREDIT/DEBIT CARD
 
USE ZELLE A BANKING APPLICATION WITH NO SERVICE FEES!