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. 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 May 24, 1999, in perpetuity. Additional purposes of this Association include:
(a) planning
and arranging annual general membership (reunion) meetings;