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Ticonderoga-class cruiserlarger figure on 3 of 3
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 3
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Length
Single source567 feet (173 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Ticonderoga-class cruiser | Type 054A frigate |
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| Complement | 30 officers and 300 enlisted[source] | — |
| Power | — | CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source] |
| Name | Ticonderoga class[source] | — |
| Builders | Ingalls Shipbuilding Bath Iron Works[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | United States Navy[source] |
134 m (440 ft)[source]
Unspecified
Single source180人[source]Unspecified
at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Single sourceat 30 kn (56 km/h)
Single source6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h); 3,300 nmi (6,100 km) at 30 kn (56 km/h).[source]
estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Single source3,800 nautical miles (4,400 mi; 7,000 km) estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Strike cruiser (planned, canceled) Virginia -class cruiser (actual)[source] | Type 054 frigate[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] | Type 054B frigate[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] | US$348 million (est. 2015)[source] |
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| Built | 1980–1994[source] | 2005–present[source] |
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| In commission | 1983–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| Completed | 27[source] | — |
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| Active | 46[source] |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | 21[source] | — |
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| Type | Guided-missile cruiser[source] | Frigate[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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| Sensors & processing systems | 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] | Type 382 Radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand ) target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × MR-90 Front Dome SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite Mark 36 SRBOC AN/SLQ-25 Nixie[source] | 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system[source] |
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| Armament | 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] | 1 × 32-cell H/AKJ-16 VLS HHQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti-submarine missile 2 × 4 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles 1 × H/PJ-26 76 mm naval gun (Type 054A and Type 054A+) or 1 x H/PJ-87 100 mm naval gun (Type 054AG) 2 × 30 mm Type 730 7-barrel gun-based CIWS or Type 1130 11-barrel gun-based CIWS 2 × 3 324 mm Yu-7 torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher[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] | Type 054A: Harbin Z-9 C or Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' Type 054AG: Harbin Z-20 family helicopter including Z-20F anti-submarine version and the Z-20J naval utility version[source] |
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| Country of origin | United States[source] | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| Planned | — | 50[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | hangar[source] |
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