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This list of cruisers of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called "cruiser", either publicly or in internal documentation. The Navy has 9 Ticonderoga -class cruisers in active service, as of 10 October 2024, with the last tentatively scheduled for decommissioning in 2027. With the cancellation of the CG (X) program in ...
Landing pad available for one helicopter. USS Long Beach (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy and the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant. [3] She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Long Beach, California. She was the sole member of the Long Beach class, and the ...
In the early 1960s, the United States Navy was the world's first to have nuclear-powered cruisers as part of its fleet. The first such ship was USS Long Beach (CGN-9). Commissioned in late summer 1961, she was the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant. She was followed a year later by USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25).
The Alaska -class cruisers were six very large cruisers ordered on 9 September 1940. [17] They were known, popularly and by some historians, as "battlecruisers", [18][19] although the Navy and at least one prominent historian [17] discouraged describing them as such and gave them the hull symbol for large cruisers (CB). All were named after ...
The term "cruiser" or "cruizer" [9] was first commonly used in the 17th century to refer to an independent warship. "Cruiser" meant the purpose or mission of a ship, rather than a category of vessel. However, the term was nonetheless used to mean a smaller, faster warship suitable for such a role.
USS Canberra (CA-70/CAG-2) was a Baltimore -class cruiser and later a Boston -class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy (USN). Originally to be named USS Pittsburgh, the ship was renamed before launch to honor the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra sunk during the Battle of Savo Island. Canberra was the first USN warship named after ...
Chester. -class cruiser. The three Chester-class cruisers were the first United States Navy vessels to be designed and designated as fast "scout cruisers" for fleet reconnaissance. They had high speed but little armor or armament. [2] They were authorized in January 1904, ordered in fiscal year 1905, and completed in 1908.
Category:Cruisers of the United States Navy. Appearance. This category is for cruisers commissioned or otherwise operated by the United States Navy. For cruisers by era or conflict, or cruisers designed or built in the United States for use by other navies (if any), see Category:Cruisers of the United States. See also: