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The Ticonderoga class of guided-missile cruisers is a class of warships of the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in the 1978 fiscal year. It was originally planned as a class of destroyers. However, the increased combat capability offered by the Aegis Combat System and the passive phased array AN/SPY-1 radar, together with the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Y – Vessel, liquid cargo. The US Army Corps of Engineers has a total of 11 dredge vessels, divided into hopper and non-hopper dredges. [15] In total the Corps has approximately 2,300 floating plant assets, including barges, tow boats, floating cranes, survey boats, patrol boats and dredges.
The US built cruisers in quantity through the end of the war, notably 14 Baltimore-class heavy cruisers and 27 Cleveland-class light cruisers, along with eight Atlanta-class anti-aircraft cruisers. The Cleveland class was the largest cruiser class ever built in number of ships completed, with nine additional Cleveland s completed as light ...
The Des Moines-class cruisers were a trio of U.S. Navy heavy cruisers commissioned in 1948 and 1949. Largely based on the earlier Baltimore -class heavy cruisers, [3] the Des Moines -class featured improved torpedo protection and heavier anti-aircraft armament. Relatively well- armored and protected, [4] the class was unique in that it mounted ...
USNS Big Horn (Henry J. Kaiser -class oiler) Watson -class vehicle cargo ship – 8 active. Bob Hope -class vehicle cargo ship – 7 active. Shughart -class vehicle cargo ship – 3 active. Gordon -class vehicle cargo ship – 2 active. Supply -class fast combat support ship – 2 active. Lewis and Clark -class dry cargo ship – 14 active.
United States Navy: Forrestal class: 4: Aircraft carrier: 326.10 m (1,069.9 ft) 82,402: 4 scrapped United States Navy: USS John F. Kennedy: 1: Aircraft carrier: 321 m (1,053 ft) 82,655: 1 scrapped. Variant of Kitty Hawk class United States Navy: Fujian: 1: Aircraft carrier: 316 m (1,037 ft) 80,000: 1 undergoing sea trials People's Liberation ...