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The ships named 'USS ''Ticonderoga''' commemorate the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on 10 May 1775 by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys.

★ The first USS ''Ticonderoga'' (1814) was a 17-gun schooner of Commodore Thomas Macdonough's flotilla in the victorious Battle of Lake Champlain on 11 September 1814. It was in service from 1814 to 1825.

★ The second USS ''Ticonderoga'' (1863) was a steam sloop-of-war which served with distinction during the Civil War. It was in commission from 1863 to 1881.

★ A former German cargo ship was transformed into the third USS ''Ticonderoga'' (1918), which served the Naval Overseas Transportation Service during World War I in 1917 and 1918.

★ USS ''Ticonderoga'' (CV-14), fourth to bear the name, was a long-hull ''Essex''-class fleet aircraft carrier. "The Big T" served from 1944 to 1973, earning 17 Battle Stars for service during World War II and the Vietnam War. It was the first of the long-hull Essex-class carriers, distinguished from the "short-hull" versions by having a reshaped "clipper" bow. Some sources (not including the U.S. Navy) identify the "long hull" Essex ships as "Ticonderoga-class" carriers. The carrier also received three awards of the Navy Unit Commendation and the Meritorious Unit Commendation.

★ USS ''Ticonderoga'' (CG-47), fifth to bear the name, was a guided-missile cruiser, homeported in Pascagoula, Mississippi. This "Tico" was the lead ship of her class. It was decommissioned on September 30, 2004.

★ In fiction, the USS Ticonderoga is the name of a giant submersible carrier in the fictional world of Rifts. It is also the name of an Earth cargo space ship mentioned in an episode of the "Star Trek: Enterprise" TV show.