Type 055 destroyer
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The Type 055 destroyer is a class of stealth guided-missile destroyers constructed for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. It has a multi-mission design; the combination of sensors and weapons
Nanchang in April 2021
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
Type 055 destroyer
…as a large multi-mission surface combatant with flag facilities; this suggests the U.S. expects the Type 055 to fulfill a similar role to the USN's Ticonderoga-class cruiser. The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) was interested in a large destroyer from as early as the late-1960s. A development program, code-named "055…
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