USS Truxtun (CGN-35)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Truxtun.
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.
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USS Truxtun underway on 3 January 1989 | |
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Name | Truxtun |
Namesake | Thomas Truxtun |
Ordered | 23 June 1962 |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down | 17 June 1963 |
Launched | 19 December 1964 |
Acquired | 26 May 1967 |
Commissioned | 27 May 1967 |
Decommissioned | 11 September 1995 |
Stricken | 11 September 1995 |
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Fate | Disposed of by Ship recycling, 16 April 1999 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
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Class and type | Heavily modified nuclear variant of Belknap-class cruiser |
Displacement | 8,659 tons (full) |
Length | 564 ft (172 m) |
Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
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Speed | 31 kt |
Range | Nuclear |
Complement | 492 officers and enlisted. Flag accommodation for 6 officers and 12 enlisted. |
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Aircraft carried | facilities for 1 SH-2F LAMPS-II |
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