Midway-class Guided Missile Cruiser

The Midway-class Guided Misile Cruiser is a class of nuclear powered cruiser in service in the United States Navy from 2012 onwards. In the 2000s, the United States overhauled the USS Long Beach and USS Des Moines to serve as testbeds for the design of the CGX. Construction of the Midway-class began in early 2010 with the first ships being launched in late 2012.

Specifications

 * Type: Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Cruiser
 * Service Period: 2013-
 * Characteristics
 * Length (Overall): 772.6 feet (235.49 meters)
 * Length (Waterline): 753.6 feet (229.7 meters)
 * Beam: 87 feet (26.52 meters)
 * Draft: 27 feet (8.23 meters)
 * Displacement: 29,000 tons (Standard); 34,000 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 454
 * Power: 155,000 shp (115.63 MW)
 * Propulsion: 2 x General Electric C1G pebble bed nuclear reactor, turboelectric drive, 2 shafts
 * Range: Unlimited
 * Speed: 36.3 Knots (66.23 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite/Countermeasures
 * AN/SLY-2 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SPY-3 Air Search radar
 * AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar
 * AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
 * AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
 * AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
 * AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array
 * AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
 * AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
 * MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System
 * Armament
 * 4 x 203mm/62-caliber AGS naval guns
 * 4 x 64-cell Mark 41 VLS (RIM-66M-5 SM-2MR, RGM-84 Harpoon, RGM-109 Tomahawk, RUM-139 VL-ASROC, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162 ESSM)
 * 7 x Mark 112 Rolling Airframe Missile Launchers (42 missile cells, plus reloads)
 * 2 x 30mm Avenger Phalanx
 * 2 x Mark 32 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes
 * Aircraft Carried: 2-3 x SH-60R Oceanhawk

Unit Run

 * USS Midway (CGN-75)
 * USS Coral Sea (CGN-76)
 * USS Wake (CGN-77) - under construction
 * USS Truk (CGN-78) - under construction
 * USS Rennell Island (CGN-79) - under construction
 * USS Guam (CGN-80) - under construction
 * USS Okinawa (CGN-81) - planned for construction
 * USS Palau (CGN-82) - planned for construction
 * USS Savo Island (CGN-83) - planned for construction
 * USS Samoa (CGN-84) - planned for construction
 * USS Guam (CGN-85) - planned for construction
 * USS Saipan (CGN-86) -planned for construction
 * USS Wright (CGN-87) - planned for construction
 * USS Philippine Sea (CGN-88) - planned for construction
 * USS Peleliu (CGN-89) - planned for construction
 * USS Tarawa (CGN-90) - planned for construction
 * USS Incheon (CGN-91) - planned for construction
 * USS Tinian (CGN-92) - planned for construction
 * USS Santa Cruz (CGN-93) - planned for construction
 * USS Crown Point (CGN-94) - planned for construction
 * USS Valley Forge (CGN-95) - planned for construction
 * USS Cabot (CGN-96) - planned for construction
 * USS Shangri-La (CGN-97) - planned for construction
 * USS Belleau Wood (CGN-98) - planned for construction
 * USS Unnamed (CGN-99)
 * USS Unnamed (CGN-100)
 * USS Unnamed (CGN-101)
 * USS Unnamed (CGN-102)
 * USS Unnamed (CGN-103)
 * USS Unnamed (CGN-104)
 * USS Unnamed (CGN-105)
 * USS Unnamed (CGN-106)
 * USS Unnamed (CGN-107)