Truxtun 1979
Truxtun 1989
Truxtun 1990
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| DLGN35, 6.1975- CGN35 | Truxtun | 540 | New York SB, Camden | 17.6.1963 | 19.12.1964 | 27.5.1967 | stricken 9.1995 |
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Displacement standard, t |
8149 |
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Displacement full, t |
8927 |
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Length, m |
164.6 wl 172.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
17.6 |
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Draught, m |
6.00 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets geared steam turbines, 2 D2G reactors |
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Power, h. p. |
60000 |
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Max speed, kts |
30 |
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Fuel, t |
nuclear |
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Endurance, nm (kts) |
practically unlimited |
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Armament |
1 x 2 Terrier SAM / ASROC ASuR (40 RIM-2, 20 RUR-5), 1 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42, 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, 2 - 533 Mk 25 TT, 4 - 324 Mk 32 TT (18), 1 DASH drone ASW helicopter |
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Electronic equipment |
SPS-40, SPS-48, SPS-10, 2x SPG-55, SPG-53, 2x Mk 35 radars, SQS-26BX sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3 ECM suites, 2x Mk 28 decoy RL, NTDS CCS |
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Complement |
490 |
Project history: Truxtun was essentially a nuclear version of the Belknap class, somewhat enlarged and rearranged to accommodate her power plant. The Nuclear Propulsion organization had originally hoped to duplicate the earlier Bainbridge, but this was rejected in new of the need for the improved SQS-26 sonar.
Modernizations: 1970s: - 2 - 533 TT, 1 DASH drone helicopter; + 1 helicopter (SH-2D Sea Sprite)
1980: - 1 x 2 Terrier SAM / ASROC ASuR (40 RIM-2, 20 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 76/50, SPS-10, SPS-40, SPS-48, 2x SPG-55, 2x Mk 35 radars; + 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84A), 1 x 2 Standard SM-1MR SAM / ASROC ASuR (40 RIM-66, 20 RUR-5), LN-66, SPS-48C, SPS-40D, 2x SPG-55B radars
4/1984: - SPS-10, SPS-40, SPG-53 radars, WLR-3 ECM suite, 2x Mk 28 decoy RL; + 2 x 6 -20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-40D, SPS-48C, SPS-67, SPG-53F, 2x Mk 90 radars, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL
1990: - LN-66, SPS-40D, SPS-67, 2x SPG-55B radars; + SPS-49, SPS-64(v)9, SPS-67(v)1, 2x SPG-55C radars, T-Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy
Naval service: No significant events.
Truxtun 1978
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