California-class cruiser

The California class was a pair of nuclear-powered guided-missile cruisers operated by the United States Navy between 1974 and 1998. Other than their nuclear power supply and lack of helicopter hangars, ships of the California class were comparable to other guided-missile cruisers of their era, such as the Belknap class. The class was built as a follow-up to the nuclear-powered Long Beach, Bainbridge, and Truxtun classes. Like all of the nuclear cruisers, which could steam for years between refuelings, the California class was designed in part to provide high endurance escort for the navy's nuclear aircraft carriers, which were often limited in range due to their conventionally powered escorts continuously needing to be refueled.

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1971  Wikimedia, Wikidata
speed 30 knot, 
guided missile cruiser, United States Navy, Huntington Ingalls Industries, United States, 

Sky Sword II, USS California, 

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  USS California ⓘ
  1971 California-class cruiser

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  USS South Carolina ⓘ
  1972 California-class cruiser

Frameless

Six nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers underway in formation

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USS California	guided missile cruiser, California-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS South Carolina	California-class cruiser, guided missile cruiser	Wikidata
commons	image		Six nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers underway in formation		Commons