Strike cruiser

For the fictional Strike-class spaceship from the Star Wars franchise, see List of Star Wars capital ships.

Artist conception of Mark I variant (1976 version)
Class overview
NameNuclear-powered guided missile strike cruiser (CSGN)
BuildersNever built
Operators United States Navy
Preceded byVirginia class
Succeeded byTiconderoga class
Cost$1.371 billion USD - lead ship (est.)
Planned8–12
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile cruiser
Displacement
  • 16,035 long tons (16,292 t) (light)
  • 17,284 long tons (17,561 t)(full load)
Length709 ft 7 in (216.28 m)
Beam76 ft 5 in (23.29 m)
Draft22 ft 4 in (6.81 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 pressurized water D2G General Electric nuclear reactors, two shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
  • 2 × 2,000 kW (2,700 hp) diesel generators
  • 6 × ship service turbo generators
Speed30 knots (56 km/h)+
Rangeunlimited
Complement454 (total)
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament
Aircraft carried2 x SH-2F LAMPS I helicopters

The strike cruiser (proposed hull designator: CSGN) was a proposal from DARPA for a class of cruisers in the late 1970s. The proposal was for the Strike Cruiser to be a guided missile attack cruiser with a displacement of around 17,200 long tons (17,500 t), armed and equipped with the Aegis combat system, the SM-2, Harpoon anti-ship missile, the Tomahawk missile, and the Mk71 8-inch gun.

A prototype strike cruiser was to be the refurbished USS Long Beach; at a cost of roughly $800 million, however this never came to pass.

Originally, eight to twelve strike cruisers were projected. The class would have been complemented by the Aegis-equipped fleet defense (DDG-47) version of the Spruance-class destroyer. Plagued with design difficulties and escalating cost, the project was canceled in the closing days of the Ford administration.[1] After the cancellation of the class, the Aegis destroyers were expanded into the Ticonderoga class (CG-47) Aegis cruiser program.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Friedman, Norman (1984). U.S. CRUISERS An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 419–422.
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