Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!amdcad!military From: ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Aegis cruisers Message-ID: <1991Apr13.015408.24102@amd.com> Date: 12 Apr 91 17:12:24 GMT References: <1991Apr12.054955.13687@amd.com> Sender: military@amd.com Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Lines: 30 Approved: military@amd.com From: Allan Bourdius >I think there are four Aegis cruisers operational today with the US Navy. >I can only come up with names for three of them (Ticonderoga, Vincennes, >Bunker Hill). What is the name of the fourth one? > >Do the Navy plan to build any more of these super cruisers? A total of 19 Ticonderoga-class, AEGIS equipped CG's are operational or are nearing commission with the USN. They are: [ same list as previous ] In addition, the following [8] units are under construction/authorized: [ ditto ] A further 7 ships are planned, for a grand total of 34 "Tico" class vessels. In addition, the first unit of the AEGIS-equipped destroyer counterpart class, DDG 51 USS Arleigh Burke, was recently commissioned. A total of 13 DDG 51's have been ordered or are under construction/completed and the total construction run is planned to produce 66 vessels. source: Combat Fleets of the World, 1990/91 and Proceedings of the USNI -- Allan Bourdius [MIDN 3/C (Marine Option)/Brother, Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity] ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu or Box 4719, 5125 Margaret Morrison St., Pgh., PA 15213 The contents of this were mine, mine, all mine, got it?!