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CGN 36 – California - class Guided Missile Cruiser |
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Units |
in service |
Builder |
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CGN 36
USS
California |
1974 |
Newport
News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
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CGN 37
USS
South Carolina |
1975 |
Newport
News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
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General Information: (for specific
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Displacement:
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approx. 10800 metric tons (full load)
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Length:
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181,66 meters
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Beam:
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18,60 meters
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Draft:
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9,60 meters
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Propulsion:
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2 General Electric D2G reactors; 2 steam
turbines; 2 shafts; 2 propellers; 60000 shaft
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Speed:
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30+ knots (= 55+ km/h)
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Crew:
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approx. 560 (40
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Aviation :
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helicopter deck aft to operate SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS Mk1,
SH-3 Sea King and CG-46 Sea Knight / no hangar
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Armament:
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2
Mk45 5”/54 cal. (127mm) lightweight guns
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2
Mk13 single-arm guided missile launching system (GMLS)
for RIM-66
Standard (SM-1MR) surface-to-air missiles (SAM) (later SM-2MR) - (2 x 40
missiles)
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1 Mk16
launcher for RUR-5 ASROC (anti-submarine rocket) (8 ASROC + 16 reload) |
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2 x 2 Mk32
torpedo-tubes (4 Mk46 torpedoes + 16 reload) |
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2 Mk141
quad-launchers for RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (2 x 4 missiles) (after
refit) |
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2 Mk15
Phalanx close-in weapon systems (CIWS) (after refit) |
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USS California (CGN 36), USS Nimitz
(CVN 68) and USS South Carolina (CGN 37) |
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