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USS Gettysburg (CG-64)
USS Gettysburg (CG-64) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1991 and named for the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg.
USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a US Navy heavy cruiser that delivered atomic bomb components to Tinian in 1945 and was sunk days later, killing 879 men.
USS Lake Erie (CG-70)
USS Lake Erie (CG-70) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, in service from 1993 to 2026 and the Navy's leading ballistic missile defense test ship.
USS Leyte Gulf
USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1987 and named for the largest naval battle in history.
USS Long Beach (CGN-9)
USS Long Beach (CGN-9), US Navy guided-missile cruiser, world's first nuclear-powered surface warship and first all-missile warship; commissioned 1961, SCANFAR phased-array radars, Sea Orbit 1964, decommissioned 1995.
USS Maine (ACR-1)
The USS Maine was a United States Navy battleship, commissioned in 1895, that exploded in Havana Harbor on 15 February 1898, killing 266 and helping provoke the Spanish-American War.
USS Marblehead (CL-12)
USS Marblehead (CL-12) was an Omaha-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, originally designed as a scout cruiser, named for Marblehead, Massachusetts, and in service from 1924 to 1945.
USS Mobile Bay
USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay and decommissioned in 2023.
USS Monterey (CG-61)
USS Monterey (CG-61) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1990, known for seizing an illicit arms shipment in 2021, and decommissioned in 2022.
USS Normandy
USS Normandy (CG-60) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the Battle of Normandy. Commissioned in 1989, she fired Tomahawk missiles in the 1991 Gulf War and was decommissioned in 2025.
USS Olympia (C-6)
USS Olympia (C-6) is a US Navy protected cruiser that was Commodore Dewey's flagship at the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay and is now a museum ship in Philadelphia.
USS Philippine Sea (CG-58)
USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, built by Bath Iron Works and commissioned in 1989, serving through Desert Storm and the Red Sea operations.
USS Princeton (CG-59)
USS Princeton (CG-59) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1989 and best known for surviving two Iraqi mine strikes during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
USS Robert Smalls
USS Robert Smalls (CG-62), formerly USS Chancellorsville, is a United States Navy Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1989 and renamed in 2023 to honor Robert Smalls.
USS Salem (CA-139)
USS Salem (CA-139) is a Des Moines-class heavy cruiser that served as Sixth Fleet flagship from 1949 to 1959 and is now a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts.
USS San Jacinto (CG-56)
USS San Jacinto (CG-56) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, serving from 1988 to 2023 and firing the first Tomahawk missile of the Gulf War in 1991.
USS South Carolina (CGN-37)
USS South Carolina (CGN-37) was the second and final California-class nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, serving from 1975 until decommissioning in 1999.
USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)
USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy that served from 1993 to 2022, named for a 1943 Pacific battle.
USS Wichita (CA-45)
USS Wichita (CA-45) was a one-ship class of heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, serving from 1939 to 1947 and earning 13 battle stars in World War II.
USS Worcester (CL-144)
USS Worcester (CL-144) was a light cruiser of the United States Navy, lead ship of the two-ship Worcester class, built around rapid-fire 6-inch dual-purpose guns.
USS Yorktown (CG-48)
USS Yorktown (CG-48) was a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1984 and decommissioned in 2004, the fifth Navy ship of the name.
Virginia-class cruiser
The Virginia-class cruiser was a class of four nuclear-powered guided-missile cruisers of the United States Navy, built at Newport News and commissioned between 1976 and 1980.
Zara-class cruiser
The Zara class was a class of four heavy cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina, with the best armor of any cruiser of its time.