Strike cruiser
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A strike cruiser (proposed hull designator: CSGN) was a proposal from DARPA on the next generation of cruiser
s in the late 1970s. It was to be a guided missile attack cruiser with a displacement of around 17200 long tons (17,476.1 t), armed and equipped with SM-2
, Harpoon
and Tomahawk
missiles, an 8-inch gun, and the Aegis
phased array radar system.
A prototype strike cruiser was to be the refurbished USS Long Beach (CGN-9)
; at a cost of roughly $800 million, however this never came to pass.
Originally, eight to a dozen strike cruisers were projected. The cruiser was to have arsenal ship
offensive capabilities coupled with Aegis defensive capabilities in a nuclear-powered package. The class would have complemented the Aegis-equipped fleet defense (DDG-47) version of the Spruance class destroyers
. After the CSGN cancellation, the Aegis destroyers were expanded into the Ticonderoga-class
(CG-47) Aegis cruiser program.
Cruiser
A cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundreds of years, and has had different meanings throughout this period...
s in the late 1970s. It was to be a guided missile attack cruiser with a displacement of around 17200 long tons (17,476.1 t), armed and equipped with SM-2
RIM-66 Standard
The RIM-66 Standard MR is a medium range surface-to-air missile originally developed for the United States Navy . The SM-1 was developed as a replacement for the RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-24 Tartar that were deployed in the 1950s on a variety of USN ships...
, Harpoon
Boeing Harpoon
The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system, developed and manufactured by McDonnell Douglas . In 2004, Boeing delivered the 7,000th Harpoon unit since the weapon's introduction in 1977...
and Tomahawk
BGM-109 Tomahawk
The Tomahawk is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile. Introduced by General Dynamics in the 1970s, it was designed as a medium- to long-range, low-altitude missile that could be launched from a surface platform. It has been improved several times and, by way of corporate divestitures...
missiles, an 8-inch gun, and the Aegis
Aegis combat system
The Aegis Combat System is an integrated naval weapons system developed by the Missile and Surface Radar Division of RCA, and now produced by Lockheed Martin...
phased array radar system.
A prototype strike cruiser was to be the refurbished USS Long Beach (CGN-9)
USS Long Beach (CGN-9)
USS Long Beach was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy. She was the only ship of her class....
; at a cost of roughly $800 million, however this never came to pass.
Originally, eight to a dozen strike cruisers were projected. The cruiser was to have arsenal ship
Arsenal ship
An arsenal ship is a concept for a floating missile platform intended to have as many as five hundred vertical launch bays for mid-sized missiles, most likely cruise missiles...
offensive capabilities coupled with Aegis defensive capabilities in a nuclear-powered package. The class would have complemented the Aegis-equipped fleet defense (DDG-47) version of the Spruance class destroyers
Spruance class destroyer
The Spruance-class destroyer was developed by the United States to replace a large number of World War II-built Allen M. Sumner- and Gearing-class destroyers, and was the primary destroyer built for the U.S. Navy during the 1970s....
. After the CSGN cancellation, the Aegis destroyers were expanded into the Ticonderoga-class
Ticonderoga class cruiser
The Ticonderoga class of missile cruisers is a class of warships in the United States Navy, first ordered and authorized in FY 1978. The class uses phased-array radar and was originally planned as a class of destroyers...
(CG-47) Aegis cruiser program.
External links
- Letters to Antiwar.com
- Strike Cruiser (CSGN)- GlobalSecurity.orgGlobalSecurity.orgGlobalSecurity.org, launched in 2000, is a public policy organization focusing on the fields of defense, space exploration, intelligence, weapons of mass destruction and homeland security...
- Statement by Ronald O'Rourke before the House Armed Services Committee, April 6, 2006
- CSGN-1 "Strike Cruiser" class - Harpoon HQ
- Shipbucket.com:
- Photobucket - Shipbucket:
