Punya kode CD atau singkatan dari Cruiser Guided. Bertugas untuk melindungi gugus tempur kapal induk dari bahaya pesawat, kapal permukaan, dan juga kapal selam lawan. Semua tugas tadi dikoordinasikan pada suatu system pertahanan yang dinamakan system AEGIS. Kapabilitas lain yang dimiliki adalah melontarkan rudal jelajah Tomahawk.
Spesifikasi:
Type: Guided missile cruiser
Propulsion:
· 4× General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine Engines,
· 2 × Controllable-Reversible Pitch Propellers2 × Rudders
Complement: 33 Officers, 27 Chief Petty Officers, approx. 340 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:
· AN/SPY-1A/B multi-function radar
· AN/SPS-49 air search radar
· AN/SPG-62 fire control radar
· AN/SPS-73 surface search radar
· AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar
· AN/SQQ-89(V)3 Sonar suite, consisting of:
• AN/SQS-53B/C/D Active sonar
• AN/SQR-19 TACTAS Passive sonar
• AN/SQQ-28 Light airborne multi-purpose system
· AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
Electronic warfare and decoys:
· Mark 36 SRBOC
· AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
Armament:
· cruiser mark 26
· 2 × Mk 26 missile launchers
· 88 × RIM-66 SM-2
· 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles
· 2 × Mark 45 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun
· 2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun
· 2 × Phalanx CIWS
· 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes
· cruiser mark 41
· 2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems
· 122 × RIM-156 SM-2ER Bock IV, RIM-162 ESSM, BGM-109 Tomahawk, or RUM-139 VL-Asroc
· 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles
· 2 × Mark 45 5 in / 54 cal lightweight gun
· 2 × 25 mm
· 2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun
· 2 × Phalanx CIWS
· 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes
Armor: limited Kevlar splinter protection in critical areas
Aircraft carried: 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters.