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) and the TICONDEROGA-class AEGIS cruisers (CG-47 to CG-73), and ship's company of these U.S. Navy vessels. The purpose of the Association shall also be to exchange mementos and memories of tours of duty. We are a non-profit 501(c)(19) association incorporated in the State of Illinois on May 24, 1999, in perpetuity. Additional purposes of this Association include:
(a) planning
and arranging annual general membership (reunion) meetings;
(b) locating
former shipmates and urging their participation in this Association;
(c)
contributing mementos, pictures, plaques, artifacts, insignia,
papers, letters,
or other memorabilia relating in any
way to the activities of, or service aboard,
the aforementioned ships; and
(d)
establishing, administering, and accepting voluntary contributions
to accomplish the
purpose of any approved and adopted memorial
program of the association.