Belknap class cruiser

A starboard bow view of the American guided missile cruiser APNS Fox (CG-33) underway on December 16th, 1988.

The Belknap-class guided missile cruiser was a class of single-ended guided missile cruisers (their missile armament was installed only forward, unlike "double-ended" missile cruisers with missile armament installed both forward and aft) built for the American People's Navy during the 1960s. They were originally designated as DLG frigates (destroyer leaders; the APN use of the term frigate from 1950 to 1975 was intended to evoke the power of the sailing frigates of old), but in the 1975 fleet realignment, they were reclassified as guided missile cruisers (CG).

Specifications

Original Specifications

• Type: Guided Missile Cruiser (Hull designation symbol CG)
• Service Period: 1964-1996
• Characteristics
  • Length: 547 feet (166.73 meters)
  • Beam: 55 feet (16.77 meters)
  • Draft: 29 feet (8.84 meters)
  • Displacement: 7,930 tons (8,057 metric tons)
• Crew: 477 (27 officers and 450 enlisted)
• Propulsion: 4 x 1200 psi (8300 kPa) boilers, 2 x geared steam turbines, 2 x shafts, 85,000 shp (63,384 kW)
• Range:
• Speed: 32 knots (59.27 km/h)
• Sensor Suite:
  • AN/SPS-10 surface search radar
  • AN/SPS-48 3D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-49 2D air search radar
  • AN/SPG-55 Terrier missile fire control radar x 2
  • AN/SQS-26 SONAR
• Countermeasures
  • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures suite
  • AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
  • Mk.36 SBROC
  • Seagnat
• Armament
  • 1 x Mk.42 5"/54-caliber lightweight naval gun
  • 2 x Mk.22 3"/50-caliber dual purpose naval gun
  • 1 x Mk.10 Mod 7 Terrier Missile Launcher (fires RIM-2 Terrier SAMs, later fires RIM-66 Standard-1 and RIM-67 Standard-2 SAMs)
  • 2 x Mk.141 Harpoon SSM Launchers
  • 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 x Mk.32 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes

New Threat Upgrade

• Type: Guided Missile Cruiser
• Service Period: 1964-1996
• Characteristics
  • Length: 547 feet (166.73 meters)
  • Beam: 55 feet (16.77 meters)
  • Draft: 29 feet (8.84 meters)
  • Displacement: 7,930 tons (8,057 metric tons)
• Crew: 477 (27 officers and 450 enlisted)
• Propulsion: 4 x 1200 psi (8300 kPa) boilers, 2 x geared steam turbines, 2 x shafts (85,000 shp (63,384 kW))
• Speed: 32 knots (59.264 km/h)
• Sensor Suite
  • AN/SYR-1 Communications Tracking Set
  • AN/SYS-2(V)1 Integrated Automatic Detection and Tracking System
  • AN/SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
  • AN/SPS-48E 3D Air Search Radar
  • AN/SPS-49(V)5 2D Air Search Radar
  • AN/SPG-53F Gun Fire Control Radar
  • AN/SPG-55B Missile Fire Control Radar
  • Mk.14 Weapons Direction System
  • Advanced Combat Direction System
  • Radar Environmental Simulator System
• Countermeasures:
  • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures Suite
  • AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
  • AN/SLQ-49 Chaff Buoy Decoy System
  • Mk.36 SBROC
  • Seagnat
• Armament
  • 1 x Mk.45 5"/54-caliber lightweight naval gun
  • 1 x Mk.16 ASROC Missile Launcher
  • 1 x Mk.26 Twin-Arm Missile Launcher (fires RIM-66 SM-1 and RIM-67 SM-2ER)
  • 1 x Mk.141 Harpoon SSM Launcher
  • 2 x Mk.32 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes
  • 1 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
• Aircraft Carried: 1 x Bloomfield HF SH-2/73f helicopter

Unit Run

	Keel laid	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
APNS Belknap (CG-26)	February 5, 1962	July 20, 1963	November 7, 1964	February 15, 2010
APNS Josephus Daniels (CG-27)	April 23, 1962	December 2, 1963	May 8, 1965	January 21, 2009
APNS Wainwright (CG-28)	July 2, 1962	April 25, 1965	January 8, 1966	November 15, 2009
APNS Jouett (CG-29)	September 25, 1962	June 30, 1964	December 3, 1966	January 28, 2009
APNS Horne (CG-30)	November 12, 1962	October 30, 1964	April 15, 1967	February 4, 2009
APNS Sterett (CG-31)	September 25, 1962	June 30, 1964	April 8, 1967	March 24, 2009
APNS William H. Standley (CG-32)	July 29, 1963	December 19, 1964	July 9, 1966	February 11, 2009
APNS Fox (CG-33)	January 15, 1963	November 21, 1964	May 8, 1966	April 15, 2009
APNS Biddle (CG-34)	December 9, 1963	July 2, 1965	January 10, 1967	November 3, 2008