USS San Jacinto (CG-56) is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. The "San Jac" was built at Pascagoula, Mississippi and commissioned 23 January 1988 by then vice-president George H. W. Bush in Houston, Texas. She completed her fitting out and work-ups, then deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in late March 1989, returning in October. While San Jacinto and her sister ship Philippine Sea were underway off the Virginia coast performing testing of their Mk 7 AEGIS weapons systems (SPY-1A and standard missiles), the Iraqi army invaded and occupied Kuwait. The next day, Philippine Sea detached and headed back to Mayport, Florida. The day after, San Jacinto returned to her homeport of Norfolk,