Belknap-class cruiser
USS Sterett on 7 September 1990 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Belknap class |
| Builders |
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| Operators | United States Navy |
| Preceded by | Leahy class |
| Succeeded by | California class |
| Subclasses | Truxtun class |
| Built | 1962–1967 |
| In commission | 1964–1995 |
| Completed | 9 |
| Active | 0 |
| Retired | 9 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Guided missile cruiser |
| Displacement | 7,930 tons (8,057 metric tons) |
| Length | 547 ft (167 m) |
| Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Propulsion | four 1200 psi (8300 kPa) boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts. 85,000 shp (63,384 kW) |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Complement | 27 officers, 450 enlisted |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Armament |
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| Armor | none |
| Aircraft carried | (final configuration) 1 × SH-2H Seasprite |
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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).