Truxtun class cruiser Totally Explained

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The Truxtun class cruiser was a nuclear-powered class of single-ended guided missile cruisers (their missile armament was installed only aft, unlike "double-ended" cruisers with missile armament installed both forward and aft) based on a heavily modified version of the Belknap class. Truxtun was the third class of nuclear cruisers to operate in the United States Navy, after the Long Beach and Bainbridge classes, and was powered by the same D2G reactors as the Bainbridge class. The class was originally designated as a destroyer leader (DLG), but in the 1975 cruiser realignment, it was reclassified as a guided missile cruiser (CG).
Virtually identical to the Belknap class in weapons systems, the Truxtun class was powered by two D2G reactors rather than her sister class's four 1200 psi boilers. This resulted in the Truxtun class being larger overall: 17 feet longer, 3 feet greater across the beam, a 2 foot deeper draft, and a displacement of almost 1,200 more tons. The lessons learned on the Truxtun class were later adapted to the next nuclear classes, the California and Virginia classes of nuclear-powered cruisers.
The Truxtun class was commissioned with a 5″/54 caliber Mk 42 gun on the foredeck and a twin-rail RIM-2 Terrier Mk 10 Missile Launcher on the quarterdeck. The Terrier system was later replaced with a Mk 26 Guided Missile Launching System utilizing Standard missiles.

General characteristics

Lead Ship: USS Truxtun (CGN-35)
Number of Ships: 1
Displacement: 9,127 tons (8,280 tonnes)
Length: 564 ft (172 m)
Beam: 58 ft (18 m)
Draft: 31 ft (9 m)
Speed: 30+ knots (56+ km/h)
Propulsion: two D2G naval reactors, two geared steam turbines, two shafts.
Performance: 60,000 shp
Complement: 37 officers, 530 enlisted
Armor: none
Aircraft: (initial configuration) 1 × DASH
Aircraft: (final configuration) 1 × SH-2 Seasprite
Armament: (final configuration) 1 × Mk. 26 Guided Missile Launching System with standard missiles, 1 × Mk. 16 ASROC, 2 × 4 Harpoon missile launchers, 4 × 1 Mark 46 torpedo launchers, 1 × 5 Inch/54-caliber Mk. 42 gun, 2 × Phalanx CIWS.

The Truxtun class ships

	Keel laid	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
Truxtun (CGN-35)	1963 June	1964 December	1967 May	1995 September

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