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
Virginia-class cruiser
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The Virginia class were four nuclear-powered, guided-missile cruisers that served in the United States Navy until the mid-to-late 1990s. They were commissioned between 1976 and 1980. The Virginias wer
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
…comprising the high end, which were expected to act as flagships. However, with the cancelation of the strike cruiser, as well as the scaled-down CGN-42 (Virginia-class cruiser hull) alternative, requirements were transferred to the DDG-47. Flagship capabilities were added to the class, and it was eventually redesignated as…
USS Virginia (CGN-38) at sea
Virginia underway off the coast of Cape Henry, Virginia (VA)
Artist's impression of CGN-42, the planned AEGIS version of the Virginia-class
A shock trial of Arkansas in 1982