Belknap class cruiser

Belknap class cruiser

The "Belknap" class cruiser was a class of single-ended guided missile cruisers (their missile armament was installed only forward, unlike "double-ended" missile cruisers with missile armament installed both forward and aft) built for the United States Navy during the 1960s. They were originally designated as DLG frigates (destroyer leaders; the USN use of the term frigate from 1950 to 1975 was intended to evoke the power of the sailing frigates of old), but in the 1975 fleet realignment, they were reclassified as guided missile cruisers (CG).

Description

The derivative "Truxtun" class was virtually identical to the "Belknap" class in weapons systems, but was nuclear-powered, larger, and often had the weapons systems in different locations (such as the missile system, which was an aft-firing). cite web
url = http://navysite.de/cg/cgn35class.htm
title = The TRUXTUN - class
accessdate = 2007-01-13
last = Doehring
first = Thoralf
publisher = Unofficial US Navy Site]

When commissioned, the main armament of the "Belknap" class was a 5 Inch/54-caliber Mk. 42 gun on the quarterdeck and a twin-rail RIM-2 Terrier Mk 10 Missile Launcher on the foredeck. cite web
url = http://navysite.de/cg/cgn35class.htm
title = The TRUXTUN - class
accessdate = 2007-01-13
last = Doehring
first = Thoralf
publisher = Unofficial US Navy Site] The class used two twin 3"/50 caliber guns for AAW. cite web
url = http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/cruisers/guided.htm
title = US Cruisers List: Guided Missile Cruisers
accessdate = 2007-01-12
author = Toppan, Andrew
authorlink = Andrew Toppan
date = 2000-07-17
publisher = Haze Gray and Underway] During the NTU program in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the class had its Terrier systems replaced with Mk. 26 Guided Missile Launching Systems utilizing standard missiles, the 3 inch guns were replaced with two Harpoon missile launchers, and two Phalanx CIWS systems were installed.

The "Belknap" class ships

Five of the 9 ships of this class are moored in Suisun Bay, California as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. They can be viewed [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.081229,-122.08846&z=18&t=h&hl=en here] on Google Maps.

ee also

*List of United States Navy destroyer leaders

References

External links

* [http://www.destroyerhistory.org/coldwar/belknapclass.html "Belknap"-class frigates] at [http://www.destroyerhistory.org/index.html Destroyer History Foundation]
* [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/cg-26.htm FAS] write-up


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