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The fifth USS ''Truxtun'' (DLGN-35/CGN-35) was a nuclear powered cruiser in the U.S. Navy. She was launched as a destroyer leader (called a "frigate" at the time) and later reclassified as a cruiser. She was named after Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822). She was in service from May 1967 to September 1995. ==Class== The USS ''Truxtun'' was a nuclear-powered single-ended guided missile cruiser (her missile armament was installed only aft, unlike "double-ended" cruisers with missile armament installed both forward and aft), based on a heavily modified version of the . She was the only ship of her class. ''Truxtun'' was the third type of nuclear cruiser (all three were one-ship classes) to operate in the United States Navy, after and , 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). Virtually identical to the ''Belknap'' class in weapons systems, ''Truxtun'' was powered by two D2G reactors rather than her sister class's four 1,200 psi boilers. This resulted in ''Truxtun'' being larger overall: longer, greater across the beam, a draft, and a displacement of almost 1,200 more tons. The lessons learned on the ''Truxtun'' class were later adapted to the next nuclear classes, the and classes of nuclear-powered cruisers. ''Truxtun'' was commissioned with a 5-inch/54 caliber Mark 42 gun on the foredeck and a twin-rail Mk 10 Missile Launcher on the quarterdeck, for the RIM-2 Terrier missile.〔 〕 The Terrier system was later upgraded to utilizing the RIM-67A Standard missiles in place of the less reliable Terrier missile.〔 The missile depot was located under the helicopter deck and could store 40 RIM-67 Standard and 20 RUR-5 ASROC missiles.〔 ''Truxtun'' initially used two twin 3-inch/50 caliber guns, however in 1979〔William Blair Johnson GMM3 on USS Truxtun when the conversion took place in the summer of 1979〕 these were replaced with two Harpoon missile launchers.〔 The ASW suite of ''Truxtun'' originally included the un-manned DASH, but in 1971 the hangar was upgraded to LAMPS Mk. I and the SH-2 Seasprite helicopter.〔 While ''Truxtun'' was not upgraded via the NTU program, two Phalanx CIWS systems were installed, and new electronics were installed during overhaul and nuclear refuelling in the mid-1980s.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Truxtun (CGN-35)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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