Cruiser Baseline

Artist conception of the Cruiser Baseline by Richard Allison

Class overview
Name:|  Guided missile cruiser (CG)
Builders:|  Never built
Operators:|  United States Navy
General characteristics
Type:|  Guided missile cruiser based on combat capabilities of Mk. 41-equipped Ticonderoga-class cruiser (CG-52)
Displacement:|  13,675 long tons (13,894 t) (full load)
Length:|  620 ft (189.0 m)
Beam:|  69.0 ft (21.0 m)
Propulsion:|  4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, two shafts, 105,000 shp (78 MW)
Speed:|  30.5 knots (56.5 km/h)
Sensors and
processing systems:|  Same as CG-52
Armament:|  Same as CG-52

The cruiser baseline (CGBL) was a design study for a ship that has the combat capabilities of VLS-capable Ticonderoga-class cruiser (CG-52 onwards) while designing the hull to DDG-51 (Arleigh Burke-class destroyer) standards and technology. The resulting design was considerably larger than the Ticonderoga-class design, owing to increased margins and allowances for weight and mission growth.[1]

## See also

* Ticonderoga-class cruiser
* Arleigh Burke-class destroyer

## Notes

1. ↑ Friedman, Norman (1984). U.S. CRUISERS An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.

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