Engineering:List of cruiser classes in service

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The list of cruiser classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.

Izumo-class aircraft-carrying multi-role cruiser

Izumo, pre-modification

Kirov-class (Project 1144 Orlan) battlecruiser

Frunze
  • Builders:  Soviet Union /  Russia (Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg)
  • Displacement: 25,860 tons
  • Aircraft: 3 × Kamov Ka-27 helicopters
  • Armament:
    • Class leader: 20 × P-700 Granit SSM; 4 × 9K33 Osa SAM; 96 × SA-N-6 SAM; 2 × SS-N-14 ASWM; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 × 100 mm guns, AK-630 CIWS; RBU-6000 ASW rockets, 2 × RBU-1000 ASW rockets
    • Surviving units: 20 × P-700 Granit SSM; 4 × 9K33 Osa SAM; 96 × SA-N-6 SAM; 24 × octuple SA-N-9 Gauntlet SAM; 10x SS-N-15 ASWM; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; 1 × 2 130 mm gun, 6 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS; 2 × RBU-12000 ASW rockets, 2 × RBU-1000 ASW rockets
  • Powerplant: 2 × KN-3 reactors, 2 × oil fired boilers, 2 × steam turbines (140,000 shp)
  • Speed: 32 knots
  • Range: 1000 nmi at 32 knots, unlimited at 20 knots on nuclear power
  • Ships in class: 5
  • Operator:  Russian Navy
  • Commissioned: December 1980
  • Status: 1 under sea trials, 1 laid up, 1 awaiting disposal, 1 scrapped, 1 cancelled

Kuznetsov-class (Project 1143.5) heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser

Admiral Flota Sovietskogo Soyuza N. G. Kuznetsov
  • Builders:  Soviet Union /  Russia at Shipyard No. 444 (named for I. I. Nosenko) / Template:China (Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company in Liaoning)
  • Displacement: 55,000 tons standard[10][11][12]
  • Aircraft: 30-50 total: 18-32 x fixed wing aircraft; 18-24 x helicopters[13]
  • Armament:
    • Class leader: 12 × P-700 Granit SSM; 192 × 3K95 Kinzhal SAM; 8 × Kashtan CIWS; 6 × AK-630 CIWS; 60 × UDAV-1 ASW rockets[10][11]
    • Liaoning and Shandong: 3 × Type 1130 CIWS; 3 × HQ-10 SAMs
  • Powerplant: Steam turbines (80,000 shp) (200,000 shp)[12]
  • Speed: 29 knots
  • Range: 8,500 nmi at 18 knots, 3,800 at 29 knots
  • Ships in class: 3
  • Operator:  Russian Navy (1 ship) /  People's Liberation Army Navy (2 ships)[lower-alpha 2]
  • Commissioned: 25 December 1990
  • Status: 2 in service, 1 laid up

Slava-class (Project 1164 Atlant) missile cruiser

Moskva (former Slava)
  • Builders:  Soviet Union /  Ukraine (61 Kommunar in Mykolaiv, Ukraine)
  • Displacement: 11,490 tons
  • Aircraft: 1 helicopter
  • Armament: 16 × SS-N-12 SSM; 64 × SA-N-6 Grumble SAM; 2 × 130 mm guns; 6 × AK-630 cannon; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • Powerplant: COGOG gas turbines (125,000 hp)
  • Speed: 34 knots
  • Range: 9,000 nmi at 15 knots
  • Ships in class: 4 (plus 2 cancelled)
  • Operator:  Russian Navy (3 ships) /  Ukrainian Navy (1 incomplete)
  • Commissioned: 1982
  • Status: 2 in service, 1 sunk, 1 incomplete, 6 cancelled

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser

Antietam
  • Builders:  United States
  • Displacement: 9,800 tons
  • Aircraft: 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk[14]
  • Armament: 2 × Mk 26 or Mk 41 launchers with up to 122 missiles (for Mk 41 VLS) or 88 (with Mk 26 twin-rail launchers) (ASROC, SM-2, Tomahawk); 2 × 127 mm DP guns; 2 × Phalanx CIWS, 8 Harpoon SSM
  • Powerplant: 4 × gas turbines (80,000 shp)
  • Speed: 32.5 knots
  • Range: 6,000 nmi at 20 knots
  • Ships in class: 27
  • Operator:  United States Navy
  • Commissioned: 22 January 1983
  • Status: 5 in service, 20 decommissioned, 2 sunk[15]

See also

  • List of naval ship classes in service

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kaijin-sha 2019, pp. 108–115.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hardy, James (25 March 2015). "Japan commissions helicopter carrier Izumo". http://www.janes.com/article/50196/japan-commissions-helicopter-carrier-izumo. 
  3. ↑ "WorldWideAircraftCarriers.com - 22DDH Class Page". http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/22ddh.htm. 
  4. ↑ Takahashi, Kosue (8 October 2020). "Japan's converted Izumo-class carriers will not feature a 'ski-jump' ramp for F-35B operations". Janes. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/japans-converted-izumo-class-carriers-will-not-feature-a-ski-jump-ramp-for-f-35b-operations. 
  5. ↑ "Japan Commissions Largest-Ever Helicopter Carrier". Aviation Today. http://www.aviationtoday.com/categories/military/Japan-Commissions-Largest-Ever-Helicopter-Carrier_84607.html. 
  6. ↑ Japan Ministry of Defense. "防衛省訓令第３１７号" (in ja). http://www.clearing.mod.go.jp/kunrei_data/a_fd/2024/ax20241028_00317_000.pdf. 
  7. ↑ Shimbun, The Yomiuri (September 1, 2025). "Izumo Destroyer Undergoing Modification Work to Serve as De Facto Aircraft Carrier" (in en). The Japan News. https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/defense-security/20250901-278366/. 
  8. ↑ Hollings, Alex (September 22, 2025). "Japan’s Izumo-class Flattops Received a New Designation" (in en). https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/japans-izumo-class-flattops-received-new-designation-ps-092225. 
  9. ↑ Inaba, Yoshihiro. "JMSDF changes its largest 'destroyer' classification from 'DDH' to 'CVM'". https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/09/jmsdf-changes-its-largest-destroyer-classification-from-ddh-to-cvm/. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov". http://rusnavy.com/nowadays/strength/surfaceships/kuznetzov/. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Kuznetsov Class – Project 1143.5". 7 September 2011. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/1143_5-specs.htm. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Апалков, Ю.В. (2003) (in ru). Ударные корабли. 11, part 1. Санкт-Петербург: Галея Принт. 
  13. ↑ >"俄羅斯航母戰鬥群取消停靠西班牙港口補給" (in zh). 26 October 2016. http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/world/2016/10/161026_spain_russia_carrier. 
  14. ↑ "MH-60R Seahawk total production". http://www.deagel.com/Support-Aircraft/MH-60R-Strikehawk_a000508010.aspx. 
  15. ↑ "GlobalMilitary.net" (in en). https://www.globalmilitary.net/navies/usa/. 


Notes

  1. ↑ CVM: "Cruiser Voler Multipurpose" (Japanese: 航空機搭載多機能護衛艦, romanized: kōkūki tōsai ta kinō goei-kan, lit. 'aircraft-carrying multi-role escort ship')
  2. ↑ Chinese ships have reduced armament and are classified as aircraft carriers proper

Bibliography

  • Kaijin-sha, ed. (February 2019), "Technical Characterististics of Izumo-class DDH" (in ja), Ships of the World (Kaijin-sha) (894): 107–123, NAID 40021782332 

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