Ticonderoga-class cruiser
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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 destroy
USS Cape St. George, the most recent Ticonderoga-class cruiser still in service, in 2008
From left to right: ex-Thomas S. Gates, ex-Ticonderoga, and ex-Yorktown laid up in Philadelphia, May 2016
Ticonderoga-class cruisers (right) were built on the same hull as the Spruance-class destroyer (left).
An overhead view of the Ticonderoga class Lake Champlain, with VLS visible fore and aft as the gray boxes near the bow and stern of the ship
CG(X)
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The CG program, also known as the Next Generation Cruiser program, was a United States Navy research program to develop a replacement vessel for its 22 Ticonderoga-class cruisers. Original plans were
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
…Preceded by Strike cruiser (planned, canceled) Virginia-class cruiser (actual) Succeeded by Cruiser Baseline (planned, canceled, succeeded by CG[X]) CG(X) (planned, canceled) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight III (actual) DDG(X) (planned) Cost ~US$1,000,000,000 (equivalent to $2,172,204,760 in 2025…
CG(X) may have used the hull of the Zumwalt-class destroyer, seen here.