Virginia class cruiser







Class overviewGeneral characteristics

USS Virginia (CGN-38)
Name:	Virginia for Virginia
Builders:	Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	California-class cruiser
Succeeded by:	Ticonderoga-class cruiser
Cost:	$675 million (1990 dollars)
Built:	1972-1980
In commission:	1976-1998
Planned:	11
Completed:	4
Cancelled:	7
Retired:	4
Type:	Guided missile cruiser
Displacement:	Light Displacement: 10,663 tons Full Displacement: 11,666 tons
Length:	Overall Length: 586 ft (179 m)
Beam:	Extreme Beam: 63 ft (19 m)
Draft:	Maximum Navigational Draft: 32 ft (10 m)
Propulsion:	2 D2G General Electric nuclear reactors, two shafts, 60,000 shp
Speed:	30+ knots (55+ km/h)
Range:	unlimited
Complement:	39 Officers, 540 Enlisted men
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPS-48E 3-D Air search radar AN/SPS-49 2-D Air search radar AN/SPS-55 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9A gun fire control radar AN/SPG-60 fire control radar AN/SPG-51 Missile fire control radar AN/SQS-26 Bow mounted sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	AN/SLQ-32 Mark 36 SRBOC AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
Armament:	2 × Mk 26 missile launchers for 68 missiles RIM-66 Standard Missiles (MR) / RUR-5 ASROC 8x Tomahawk missile (from 2 armored-box launchers after a refitting) 8x RGM-84 Harpoon (from two Mk-141 quad launchers) 4x Mk-46 torpedoes (from fixed single tubes) 2x Mk-45 5-inch/54 caliber rapid-fire gun 2x 20mm Phalanx CIWS (post-refit)
Aircraft carried:	As built: below-deck hangar for one SH-2F Seasprite helicopter Flight deck occupied by Tomahawk missile storage & launcher after refitting

Strike cruiser



Class overview
Name: Nuclear-powered guided missile strike cruiser (CSGN)
Builders: Never built
Operators: United States Navy
Preceded by: Virginia-class cruiser
Succeeded by: Ticonderoga-class cruiser
Cost: $1.371 billion USD - lead ship (est.)
Planned: 8 - 12
General characteristics
Type: Guided missile cruiser
Displacement: 16,035 tons (light)
17,284 tons (full load)
Length: 709 feet 7 inches (216.3 m)
Beam: 76 feet 5 inches (23.3 m)
Draft: 22 feet 4 inches (6.8 m)
Propulsion: 2 pressurized water D2G General Electric nuclear reactors, two shafts, 60,000 shp (150 Mw)
2 x 2000 Kw diesel generators
6 x ship service turbo generators
Speed: 30+ knots (55+ km/h)
Range: unlimited
Complement: 454 (total)
Sensors and
processing systems: AN/SPY-1A multi-function radar
AN/SPS-49 air search radar
AN/SPS-10F surface search radar
AN/SPS-64 navigation radar
AN/SPG-62 (x4) fire control radar
AN/SQS-53 bow-mounted sonar
AN/SLQ-32 ECM suite
AN/UYK-7 computer processing
Armament: 2 x Mk-26 missile launchers
SM-2MR and ASROC
• 64 missiles forward
• 64 missiles aft
2 x quad Mk-143 ABL launchers
• BGM-109 Tomahawk (8)
4 x quad Mk-141 tube launchers
• RGM Harpoon (16)
1 x 8-in/55 cal MCLWG (forward)
2 x Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS (amidships)
2 x triple Mark 32 SVTT
• Mark 46 torpedo
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