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CGN-35 USS Truxtun

116k Inuyasha8215  1.1 years ago

Probably my last warship as I'll be focusing more on Airliners from now on.

USS Truxtun (DLGN-35/CGN-35) was a nuclear powered cruiser in the U.S. Navy. She was named after Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822). She was in service from May 1967 to September 1995. Truxtun was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 17 June 1963, launched on 19 December 1964 by Mrs. Kirby H. Tappan and Mrs. Scott Umsted, and commissioned on 27 May 1967. Originally planned to be a Belknap-class destroyer leader, she was extensively modified in her design to become the fourth nuclear-powered ship in the Navy, and she is considered to be her own class. At just over 8,500 tons full load, Truxtun is the smallest nuclear-powered surface vessel to have served in the US Navy.

Truxtun was the third type of nuclear cruiser to operate in the United States Navy, after USS Long Beach (CGN-9) and USS Bainbridge (CGN-25), and was powered by the same D2G reactors as Bainbridge. Truxtun was originally designated as a nuclear-powered guided-missile destroyer leader (DLGN), but in the 1975 cruiser realignment, she was reclassified as a nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser (CGN). The lessons learned on the Truxtun class were later adapted to the next classes of nuclear cruisers, California-class and Virginia-class. Truxtun was decommissioned on 11 September 1995 and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day, having been disposed of by ship recycling, 16 April 1999.

Controls:
Throttle: Drive cruiser
AG1+Throttle: Drive cruiser reverse
AG2+VTOL+Trim: Activate and control Mk.42 cannon
AG3+VTOL+Trim: Activate and control RIM-66 Standard launcher
AG4+Pitch+Roll: Activate and control Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS guns
AG5: Activate left RGM-84 Harpoon launcher
AG5+Trim: Activate and control left torpedo launcher
AG6: Activate right RGM-84 Harpoon launcher
AG6+Trim: Activate and control right torpedo launcher
Yaw: Steer cruiser

Credits to @MintLynx for the Mk.42 cannon, AN/SPG-53 gun fire control radar, Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS, AN/SPG-55 fire control radar, RGM-84 Harpoon launcher, and RIM-66/67 missile launcher.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 60.3ft (18.4m)
  • Length 565.0ft (172.2m)
  • Height 182.6ft (55.7m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 720,832lbs (326,964kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.03
  • Wing Loading 174.5lbs/ft2 (852.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 4,130.6ft2 (383.8m2)
  • Drag Points 188

Parts

  • Number of Parts 684
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 2,019