List of cruiser classes in service

The list of cruiser classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.

Kirov-class battlecruiser

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Frunze
  • Builders:   Soviet Union /   Russia (Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg)
  • Displacement: 25,860 tons
  • Aircraft: 3 × Kamov Ka-27 helicopters
  • Armament (Class leader): 20 × P-700 Granit SSM; 4 × 9K33 Osa SAM; 96 × SA-N-6 SAM; 2 × SS-N-14 ASWM; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 × 100 mm guns, 2 × 130 mm guns, AK-630 CIWS; RBU-6000 ASW rockets, 2 × RBU-1000 ASW rockets
  • Armament (Surviving units): 20 × P-700 Granit SSM; 4 × 9K33 Osa SAM; 96 × SA-N-6 SAM; 24 × octuple SA-N-9 Gauntlet SAM; 10x SS-N-15 ASWM; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; 1 × 2 130 mm gun, 6 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS; 2 × RBU-12000 ASW rockets, 2 × RBU-1000 ASW rockets
  • Powerplant: 2 × KN-3 reactors, 2 × oil fired boilers, 2 × steam turbines (140,000 shp)
  • Speed: 32 knots
  • Range: 1000 nmi at 32 knots, unlimited at 20 knots on nuclear power
  • Ships in class: 5
  • Operator:   Russian Navy
  • Commissioned: December 1980
  • Status: 1 in service, 2 awaiting disposal, 1 in long-term refit, 1 cancelled

Slava-class (Project 1164 Atlant) missile cruiser

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Moskva (former Slava)
  • Builders:   Soviet Union /   Ukraine (61 Kommunar in Mykolaiv, Ukraine)
  • Displacement: 11,490 tons
  • Aircraft: 1 helicopter
  • Armament: 16 × SS-N-12 SSM; 64 × SA-N-6 Grumble SAM; 2 × 130 mm guns; 6 × AK-630 cannon; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • Powerplant: COGOG gas turbines (125,000 hp)
  • Speed: 34 knots
  • Range: 9,000 nmi at 15 knots
  • Ships in class: 4 (plus 2 cancelled)
  • Operator:   Russian Navy (3 ships) /   Ukrainian Navy (1 incomplete)
  • Commissioned: 1982
  • Status: 2 in service, 1 sunk, 1 incomplete, 6 cancelled

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser

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Antietam
  • Builders:   United States
  • Displacement: 9,800 tons
  • Aircraft: 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk
  • Armament: 2 × Mk 26 or Mk 41 launchers with up to 122 missiles (for Mk 41 VLS) or 88 (with Mk 26 twin-rail launchers) (ASROC, SM-2, Tomahawk); 2 × 127 mm DP guns; 2 × Phalanx CIWS, 8 Harpoon SSM
  • Powerplant: 4 × gas turbines (80,000 shp)
  • Speed: 32.5 knots
  • Range: 6,000 nmi at 20 knots
  • Ships in class: 27
  • Operator:   United States Navy
  • Commissioned: 22 January 1983
  • Status: 17 in service, 10 decommissioned

See also

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References

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