List of cruiser classes in service
The list of cruiser classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.
Izumo-class aircraft-carrying multi-role cruiser
- Builders:
Japan (Japan Marine United) - Displacement: 26,000 tons[1]
- Aircraft:
- Before conversion: 7 x Mitsubishi SH-60K Seahawk[2] ASW helicopters; 2 x SAR helicopters;[1] up to 14[2] or 28[3] aircraft total
- After conversion: V/STOL fixed-wing aircraft (F-35B Lightning II)[4]
- Armament: 2 x Phalanx CIWS; 2 x SeaRAM CIWS
- Powerplant: 4 x GE/IHI LM2500IEC COGAG gas turbines (112,100 hp)[1]
- Speed: 30 knots[1]
- Range:
- Ships in class: 2
- Operator:
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - Commissioned: 25 March 2015[5]
- Status: 2 in service; modified and redesignated as aircraft-carrying multi-role cruisers[a] in October 2024[6][7][8][9]
Kirov-class (Project 1144 Orlan) battlecruiser
- Builders:
Soviet Union / 
Russia (Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg) - Displacement: 25,860 tons
- Aircraft: 3 × Kamov Ka-27 helicopters
- Armament:
- Class leader: 20 × P-700 Granit SSM; 4 × 9K33 Osa SAM; 96 × SA-N-6 SAM; 2 × SS-N-14 ASWM; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 × 100 mm guns, AK-630 CIWS; RBU-6000 ASW rockets, 2 × RBU-1000 ASW rockets
- Surviving units: 20 × P-700 Granit SSM; 4 × 9K33 Osa SAM; 96 × SA-N-6 SAM; 24 × octuple SA-N-9 Gauntlet SAM; 10x SS-N-15 ASWM; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; 1 × 2 130 mm gun, 6 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS; 2 × RBU-12000 ASW rockets, 2 × RBU-1000 ASW rockets
- Powerplant: 2 × KN-3 reactors, 2 × oil fired boilers, 2 × steam turbines (140,000 shp)
- Speed: 32 knots
- Range: 1000 nmi at 32 knots, unlimited at 20 knots on nuclear power
- Ships in class: 5
- Operator:
Russian Navy - Commissioned: December 1980
- Status: 1 under sea trials, 1 laid up, 1 awaiting disposal, 1 scrapped, 1 cancelled
Kuznetsov-class (Project 1143.5) heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser
- Builders: Soviet Union / Russia at Shipyard No. 444 (named for I. I. Nosenko) /
China (Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company in Liaoning) - Displacement: 55,000 tons standard[10][11][12]
- Aircraft: 30-50 total: 18-32 x fixed wing aircraft; 18-24 x helicopters[13]
- Armament:
- Class leader: 12 × P-700 Granit SSM; 192 × 3K95 Kinzhal SAM; 8 × Kashtan CIWS; 6 × AK-630 CIWS; 60 × UDAV-1 ASW rockets[10][11]
- Liaoning and Shandong: 3 × Type 1130 CIWS; 3 × HQ-10 SAMs
- Powerplant: Steam turbines (80,000 shp) (200,000 shp)[12]
- Speed: 29 knots
- Range: 8,500 nmi at 18 knots, 3,800 at 29 knots
- Ships in class: 3
- Operator: Russian Navy (1 ship) /
People's Liberation Army Navy (2 ships)[b] - Commissioned: 25 December 1990
- Status: 2 in service, 1 laid up
Slava-class (Project 1164 Atlant) missile cruiser
- Builders: Soviet Union /
Ukraine (61 Kommunar in Mykolaiv, Ukraine) - Displacement: 11,490 tons
- Aircraft: 1 helicopter
- Armament: 16 × SS-N-12 SSM; 64 × SA-N-6 Grumble SAM; 2 × 130 mm guns; 6 × AK-630 cannon; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
- Powerplant: COGOG gas turbines (125,000 hp)
- Speed: 34 knots
- Range: 9,000 nmi at 15 knots
- Ships in class: 4 (plus 2 cancelled)
- Operator: Russian Navy (3 ships) /
Ukrainian Navy (1 incomplete) - Commissioned: 1982
- Status: 2 in service, 1 sunk, 1 incomplete, 6 cancelled
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser
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- Builders:
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United States - Displacement: 9,800 tons
- Aircraft: 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk[14]
- Armament: 2 × Mk 26 or Mk 41 launchers with up to 122 missiles (for Mk 41 VLS) or 88 (with Mk 26 twin-rail launchers) (ASROC, SM-2, Tomahawk); 2 × 127 mm DP guns; 2 × Phalanx CIWS, 8 Harpoon SSM
- Powerplant: 4 × gas turbines (80,000 shp)
- Speed: 32.5 knots
- Range: 6,000 nmi at 20 knots
- Ships in class: 27
- Operator:
United States Navy - Commissioned: 22 January 1983
- Status: 7 in service, 20 decommissioned
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Kaijin-sha 2019, pp. 108–115.
- 1 2 Hardy, James (25 March 2015). "Japan commissions helicopter carrier Izumo". janes.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "WorldWideAircraftCarriers.com - 22DDH Class Page". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ↑ Takahashi, Kosue (8 October 2020). "Japan's converted Izumo-class carriers will not feature a 'ski-jump' ramp for F-35B operations". Janes. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ↑ "Japan Commissions Largest-Ever Helicopter Carrier". Aviation Today. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ↑ Japan Ministry of Defense. "防衛省訓令第３１７号" [Directives No. 317 Japan Ministry of Defense] (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved September 17, 2025.
- ↑ Shimbun, The Yomiuri (September 1, 2025). "Izumo Destroyer Undergoing Modification Work to Serve as De Facto Aircraft Carrier". The Japan News. The Japan News. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
- ↑ Hollings, Alex (September 22, 2025). "Japan's Izumo-class Flattops Received a New Designation". The National Interest. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
- ↑ Inaba, Yoshihiro. "JMSDF changes its largest 'destroyer' classification from 'DDH' to 'CVM'". Naval News. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
- 1 2 "Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov". Rusnavy.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-24. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- 1 2 "Kuznetsov Class – Project 1143.5". Globalsecurity.org. 7 September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- 1 2 Апалков, Ю.В. (2003). Ударные корабли (in Russian). Vol. 11, part 1. Санкт-Петербург: Галея Принт.
- ↑ >"俄羅斯航母戰鬥群取消停靠西班牙港口補給" [Russian aircraft carrier battle group cancels docking at Spanish port for supply]. BBC 中文网 (in Chinese). 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ↑ "MH-60R Seahawk total production".
Notes
Bibliographpy
- Kaijin-sha, ed. (February 2019), "Technical Characterististics of Izumo-class DDH", Ships of the World (in Japanese) (894), Kaijin-sha: 107–123, NAID 40021782332
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