The fifth USS Truxtun (DLGN-35/CGN-35) was a nuclear powered cruiser in the U.S. Navy. She was launched as a destroyer leader and later reclassified as a cruiser. She was named after Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822). She was in service from May 1967 to September 1995.
USS Truxtun underway on 3 January 1989
Truxtun (right) alongside Enterprise (center) and Arkansas (left) on a cruise commemorating the 25th anniversary of Operation Sea Orbit
View from the O4 level as Truxtun drives through heavy weather on Westpac 1993
The Belknap-class cruiser was a class of single-ended guided-missile cruisers built for the United States Navy during the 1960s. They were originally designated as DLG frigates, but in the 1975 fleet realignment, they were reclassified as guided missile cruisers (CG).
USS Sterett on 7 September 1990