 Three days later, she was decommissioned at the New York Naval Shipyard to begin the extensive SCB-27C conversion.During the ensuing 29 months, the carrier received numerous modifications – steam catapults to launch jets, a new nylon barricade, a new deck-edge elevator and the latest electronic and fire control equipment – necessary for her to become an integral unit of the fleet.On 11 September 1954, "Ticonderoga" was recommissioned at New York, Captain William A.