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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
Ticonderoga-class cruiserlarger figure on 3 of 3
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | — |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Ticonderoga class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | United States Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | 1980–1994[source] |
567 feet (173 m)[source]
Approx full load
Single sourceApprox. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| In commission |
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2001–present[source] |
1983–present[source] |
| Planned | — |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | 27[source] |
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| Active |
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| Laid up |
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| Retired | 21[source] |
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Guided-missile cruiser[source] |
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| Tonnage | 850 tons (full load)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] | AN/SPY-1 A/B multi-function radar AN/SPS-49 air search radar (Removed on some ships) AN/SPG-62 fire control radar AN/SPS-73 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar AN/SQQ-89 (V)1/3 - A(V)15 Sonar suite, consisting of: AN/SQS-53B/C/D active sonar AN/SQR-19 TACTAS, AN/SQR-19B ITASS, & MFTA passive sonar AN/SQQ-28 light airborne multi-purpose system[source] |
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| Armament | 1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS[source] | CG-47 – 51 2 × Mk 26 missile launchers 68 × RIM-66 SM-2 20 × RUR-5 ASROC 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 45 lightweight gun 2–4 × .50 in (12.7 mm) cal. machine gun 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes CG-52 – 73 2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems containing 122 × mix of: RIM-66M-5 Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB RIM-156A SM-2ER Block IV RIM-161 SM-3 RIM-162A ESSM RIM-174A Standard ERAM BGM-109 Tomahawk RUM-139A VL-ASROC 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/62 caliber Mark 45 Mod 4 lightweight gun 2 × Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems 2–4 × .50 in (12.7 mm) cal. machine gun 2 × Phalanx CIWS Block 1B 2 × Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple torpedo tubes[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Ingalls Shipbuilding Bath Iron Works[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Strike cruiser (planned, canceled) Virginia -class cruiser (actual)[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Cruiser Baseline (planned, canceled, succeeded by CG[X]) CG(X) (planned, canceled) Arleigh Burke -class destroyer Flight III (actual) DDG(X) (planned)[source] |
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| Cost | — | ~ US$1,000,000,000 (equivalent to $2,172,204,760 in 2025) in 1994, for final ship[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines 2 × controllable-reversible pitch propellers 2 × rudders[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite Mark 36 SRBOC AN/SLQ-25 Nixie[source] |
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| Armor | — | Limited Kevlar splinter protection in critical areas[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters.[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United States[source] |
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