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
The Guided Missile Cruiser Baseline, or Cruiser Baseline for short, was a design study for a guided missile cruiser that would have the combat capabilities of VLS-capable Ticonderoga-class cruiser whi
Artist conception of the Cruiser Baseline by Richard Allison