Hi guys! So, I was looking at some random US Cold War naval stuff the other day, and I came across the strike cruiser idea. Basically, in the 70s the US's plan for future naval development was to have 8 big, nuclear powered Aegis-equipped cruisers called strike cruisers (CSGN). Eventually, it got scrapped due to budget cuts and we got the Ticonderogas, which were built out of extended hulls from Spruance-class destroyers, interestingly enough. Anyways, after a few days of scouring through the internet to find as much information as possible about both the strike cruiser and all of the other ships that would have gone along with it, I think I finally have enough data for a full(-ish) timeline.
So, first off, the specifications of the ships that get built. I'll post the fleet compositions next, and then a written account of what happened in this universe to make all fo this possible.
But before all of that, here are my sources. I recommend you give them a read.
Wikipedia, Strike Cruiser - https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Strike_cruiser
3D model, Strike Cruiser 1976 version - https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/mo...US-navy-nuclear-guided-missile-attack-cruiser
Secret Projects Forum, Strike Cruiser - https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/strike-cruiser-from-the-80s.813/
Shipbucket, Strike Cruiser 1974 version - http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7644
Shipbucket, Strike Cruiser 1976 version - http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7646
Shipbucket, Strike Cruiser Mk. 2 version - http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7647 (scale is wrong)
Shipbucket, Strike Cruiser concept - http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3127&sid=b8670539b7ee9bc9ed87bab8b9f79932 (somewhat unrealistic)
Shipbucket, Strike Cruiser conventional power concept - http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4497
Shipbucket, Spruance-class designs - http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4465
Shipbucket, Arleigh Burke Flight II 1989 concept - http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1368
Shipbucket, Des Moines upgrade concept - http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5303
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Ticonderoga-class strike cruiser [flight I] (OTL Strike Cruiser 1976 modified)
Leyte Gulf-class escort carrier [flight I] (OTL Strike Cruiser Mk. 2 heavily modified)
Ticonderoga-class strike cruiser [flight II]
Virginia-class nuclear guided-missile cruiser [flight II] (semi-OTL proposed upgrade)
Des Moines-class guided-missile cruiser [flight II] (semi-OTL proposed upgrade)
Johnston-class guided-missile destroyer [flight I] (OTL Arleigh Burke)
Iowa-class battleship [flight II] (semi-OTL proposed upgrade)
Lake Erie-class guided-missile cruiser [flight I] (OTL Arleigh Burke Flight III 1989 proposal)
San Diego-class helicopter cruiser [flight I] (Original creation, Lake Erie-class with a stretched hull, no aft VLS, and an extended hangar)
Harold R Stark-class trimaran frigate [flight I] (scaled up OTL Independence-class)
Atlanta-class guided-missile cruiser [flight I] (San Diego-class hull with entire upperworks replaced with Zumwalt-style stealth superstructure)
Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier [flight II] (OTL Gerald R Ford-class)
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US ship naming convention circa end-2005
Frigates: Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard heroes, previous frigates
Destroyers: Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard heroes, previous destroyers
Cruisers: Battles, US cities, previous cruisers
Battleships: US states, previous battleships
Escort carriers: Battles from the Pacific war of WWII, previous escort carriers
Aircraft carriers: Battles, fleet admirals, aviation pioneers, previous aircraft carriers
Submarines: Fish and other sea creatures, previous submarines
Ballistic missile submarines: US states, previous ballistic missile submarines
Amphibious command ships: US geographical areas, previous amphibious command ships
Amphibious assault ships: Early US sailing ships, Marine Corps battles, previous aircraft carriers from WWII, previous amphibious assault ships
Amphibious transport docks: US cities, important places in US and US naval history, previous amphibious transport docks
Notes:
Naming an entire massive ship that takes hundreds or thousands of people to build and operate after a single person seems a bit wrong to me. So the largest ships that can be named after people are destroyers, and even then only frigates and smaller ships can be named with a person's full name, destroyers can only be named with someone's last name. The only exceptions to this are very high ranking navy officers, like the 4 fleet admirals from WWII (which may or may not be an excuse to keep the Nimitz class named that).
Ships can, however, be named after other ships as well as people. If, for example, you wanted to name a ship after the USS William D Porter DD-579, you could name it the USS William D Porter. But if you wanted to name it after the person named William D Porter, you would have to name it just USS Porter (unless the ship is a frigate or smaller).
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So, basically, the idea behind all this is to revise the last ~40 years of US Naval history to try and fix a lot of the mistakes that were made. I might have gone a bit to far with the renaming, it was a complete nightmare to keep track of which TTL ship corresponded to which OTL ship, but I think I just about managed that.
The first real change (besides the renaming) is a greater focus on gun-based naval fire support, and a realization of the impracticalities of long range guided munitions at this point, leading the adoption of the Mk. 71 8" gun on the Spruances. Next is, obviously, the construction of the CSGNs. IOTL they proposed 8, but I thought that was a bit much so I went with 5, which leaves enough funds left over for 4 enlarged versions with flight decks to act as escort carriers. The basic idea behind those is to allow battleship-centered fleets to travel around without a big supercarrier overseeing them, with 1 per battleship.
Then, a few years later, the Johnstons start being commissioned. OTL I have no idea what the "Aegis destroyers" proposed to complement the CSGNs would look like, so I went with OTL Arleigh Burkes for simplicity. Also, yes, they're named after *that* USS Johnston. And the other ships from Taffy 3 show up in the names as well, I always thought it was a great shame we never named any Burkes after them in OTL. All we got was Samuel B Robert's name being given to a frigate, of all things. In fact, a lot of the Johnstons are named after ships, not people, but they are hard to tell apart.
Anyway, as well as that we also see the Virginias being upgraded, only 2 of them though. I imagine that they started upgrading them to fill out the remaining 3 CSGN slots that got taken by the escort carriers, but the Cold War ended before they were finished and they only completed upgrading 2, while the remaining 2 got scrapped along with a few other ships to save enough funds to keep the rest of the fleet around. I imagine it was a similar story for the Des Monies-class cruisers, they got upgraded to provide additional naval fire support as they decommissioned one of the Iowas to save funds, and then the Cold War ended. So, while they both got upgraded in the end, the navy ended up decommissioning 2 of the Iowas, with the final 2 undergoing a substantial retrofit in 1997 to modernize everything and add VLS cells. I don't think the age of them would be an issue, after all the USS Texas is ~110 years old and still floats.
The reason for all this is, as stated earlier, guided gun-based mentions were (correctly) identified in the 70s as being too far off, and thus the Iowas, and the Mk. 71 8" gun program, are seen as being more important. The fact that at some point in the 2010s Pratt and Whitney will propose scramjet-powered 16" shells with a range of 400 nautical miles (that's OTL by the way) with certainly help. I can only imagine it is easier to guide a 16" shell than a 6.1" one, as the electronics can be bigger, so once that technology does mature they will still have a reason to keep the battleships around. To say nothing of their psychological effect on the enemy.
Anyways, eventually, the navy will start looking for upgrades to the Johnstons. One of the proposals given in OTL in 1989 is quite good, as it gives the ship the ability to be further developed more easily. It is, however, now so big that I had to classify it as a cruiser, which is fine as right now the TTL US Navy has a shortage of normal, non-strike cruisers relative to OTL. Following that is the San Diego-class helicopter cruiser, which stretches the ship a bit and removes the aft VLS to accommodate an extended hangar, allowing the ship to provide effective ASW for an entire small fleet. It's also at this point that I ran out of battles to name them after, so from now on they are named after cities.
And, finally, we get to TTL Zumwalt equivalent. Except this time it's actually done *well*. Instead of trying to build an entirely new ship, they just took the hull of a San Diego and replaced the entire superstructure, changed the VLS arrangement, and swapped the 5" gun for an 8" one. There were other things, like increased automation and new radars, but not to the same extent as OTL. Also, thanks to TTL's US Navy being warier of guided munitions, the Advanced Gun System never happened, hence the 8" gun and the fact the Iowa and Wisconsin are still sailing around.
There's also TTL's littoral combat ship, except they're still called frigates and are large enough to be able to kill more than a speedboat or yacht. I picket the trimaran design for these, mostly because it looks cool if I'm being honest, but scaled it up by 1,000 tons and gave it a 5" gun and VLS.
There are numerous other minor changes, but those are the main ones. What do you guys think?
So, first off, the specifications of the ships that get built. I'll post the fleet compositions next, and then a written account of what happened in this universe to make all fo this possible.
But before all of that, here are my sources. I recommend you give them a read.
Wikipedia, Strike Cruiser - https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Strike_cruiser
3D model, Strike Cruiser 1976 version - https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/mo...US-navy-nuclear-guided-missile-attack-cruiser
Secret Projects Forum, Strike Cruiser - https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/strike-cruiser-from-the-80s.813/
Shipbucket, Strike Cruiser 1974 version - http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7644
Shipbucket, Strike Cruiser 1976 version - http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7646
Shipbucket, Strike Cruiser Mk. 2 version - http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7647 (scale is wrong)
Shipbucket, Strike Cruiser concept - http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3127&sid=b8670539b7ee9bc9ed87bab8b9f79932 (somewhat unrealistic)
Shipbucket, Strike Cruiser conventional power concept - http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4497
Shipbucket, Spruance-class designs - http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4465
Shipbucket, Arleigh Burke Flight II 1989 concept - http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1368
Shipbucket, Des Moines upgrade concept - http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5303
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Ticonderoga-class strike cruiser [flight I] (OTL Strike Cruiser 1976 modified)
First ship launched:
1981
First ship commissioned:
1983
Displacement:
16,500 to 18,000 tonnes
Size:
680 (wl), 720 (oa) x 76 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Nuclear
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
2 x 8" guns
2 x 20 mm CIWS
4 x Harpoon quad launchers (16 missiles)
4 x Tomahawk quad launchers (16 missiles)
2 x Mk. 26 missile launchers (88 missiles)
1981
First ship commissioned:
1983
Displacement:
16,500 to 18,000 tonnes
Size:
680 (wl), 720 (oa) x 76 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Nuclear
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
2 x 8" guns
2 x 20 mm CIWS
4 x Harpoon quad launchers (16 missiles)
4 x Tomahawk quad launchers (16 missiles)
2 x Mk. 26 missile launchers (88 missiles)
First ship launched:
1986
First ship commissioned:
1988
Displacement:
22,000 to 24,900 tonnes
Size:
625 (wl), 680 (oa) x 76 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Nuclear
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 8 VTOL aircraft and 10 STOL aircraft
Armament:
1 x 5" gun
2 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
2 x Tomahawk quad launchers (8 missiles)
2x64 x Mk. 41 VLS (128 missiles)
1986
First ship commissioned:
1988
Displacement:
22,000 to 24,900 tonnes
Size:
625 (wl), 680 (oa) x 76 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Nuclear
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 8 VTOL aircraft and 10 STOL aircraft
Armament:
1 x 5" gun
2 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
2 x Tomahawk quad launchers (8 missiles)
2x64 x Mk. 41 VLS (128 missiles)
First ship upgraded:
1989
Displacement:
16,500 to 18,000 tonnes
Size:
680 (wl), 720 (oa) x 76 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Nuclear
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
2 x 8" guns
2 x 20 mm CIWS
4 x Harpoon quad launchers (16 missiles)
2 x Tomahawk quad launchers (8 missiles)
3x64 x Mk. 41 VLS (192 missiles)
1989
Displacement:
16,500 to 18,000 tonnes
Size:
680 (wl), 720 (oa) x 76 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Nuclear
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
2 x 8" guns
2 x 20 mm CIWS
4 x Harpoon quad launchers (16 missiles)
2 x Tomahawk quad launchers (8 missiles)
3x64 x Mk. 41 VLS (192 missiles)
First ship upgraded:
1990
Displacement:
12,000 to 13,000 tonnes
Size:
560 (wl), 586 (oa) x 62 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Nuclear
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Landing pad, no hangar
Armament:
2 x 5" guns
2 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
2x64 x Mk. 41 VLS (128 missiles)
1990
Displacement:
12,000 to 13,000 tonnes
Size:
560 (wl), 586 (oa) x 62 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Nuclear
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Landing pad, no hangar
Armament:
2 x 5" guns
2 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
2x64 x Mk. 41 VLS (128 missiles)
First ship upgraded:
1991
Displacement:
17,500 to 21,500 tonnes
Size:
700 (wl), 717 (oa) x 75 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Steam turbine
Sensors:
Standard radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armor:
4 to 6" belt, 3.75" deck
Armament:
3x3 x 8" guns
2x2 x 5" guns
3 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
1 x Sea Sparrow launcher (8 missiles)
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
7 x Tomahawk quad launchers (28 missiles)
1991
Displacement:
17,500 to 21,500 tonnes
Size:
700 (wl), 717 (oa) x 75 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Steam turbine
Sensors:
Standard radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armor:
4 to 6" belt, 3.75" deck
Armament:
3x3 x 8" guns
2x2 x 5" guns
3 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
1 x Sea Sparrow launcher (8 missiles)
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
7 x Tomahawk quad launchers (28 missiles)
First ship launched:
1991
First ship commissioned:
1993
Displacement:
6,900 to 8,300 tonnes
Size:
466 (wl), 505 (oa) x 59 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Gas turbine
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Landing pad, no hangar
Armament:
1 x 5" gun
2 x 25 mm chain guns
2 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
64+32 x Mk. 41 VLS (96 missiles)
1991
First ship commissioned:
1993
Displacement:
6,900 to 8,300 tonnes
Size:
466 (wl), 505 (oa) x 59 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Gas turbine
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Landing pad, no hangar
Armament:
1 x 5" gun
2 x 25 mm chain guns
2 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
64+32 x Mk. 41 VLS (96 missiles)
First ship upgraded:
1997
Displacement:
47,000 to 59,000 tonnes
Size:
861 (wl), 887 (oa) x 108 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Steam turbine
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Landing pad, no hangar
Armor:
12.1" belt, 7.5" deck
Armament:
3x3 x 16" guns
6x1 x 5" guns
6 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x Sea Sparrow launchers (16 missiles)
4 x Harpoon quad launchers (16 missiles)
2x16+2x32 x Mk. 41 VLS (96 missiles)
1997
Displacement:
47,000 to 59,000 tonnes
Size:
861 (wl), 887 (oa) x 108 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Steam turbine
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Landing pad, no hangar
Armor:
12.1" belt, 7.5" deck
Armament:
3x3 x 16" guns
6x1 x 5" guns
6 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x Sea Sparrow launchers (16 missiles)
4 x Harpoon quad launchers (16 missiles)
2x16+2x32 x Mk. 41 VLS (96 missiles)
First ship launched:
2001
First ship commissioned:
2003
Displacement:
9,000 to 12,000 tonnes
Size:
511 (wl), 550 (oa) x 59 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Gas turbine
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
1 x 5" gun
2 x 25 mm chain guns
2 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
2x64 x Mk. 41 VLS (128 missiles)
2001
First ship commissioned:
2003
Displacement:
9,000 to 12,000 tonnes
Size:
511 (wl), 550 (oa) x 59 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Gas turbine
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
1 x 5" gun
2 x 25 mm chain guns
2 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
2x64 x Mk. 41 VLS (128 missiles)
First ship launched:
2006
First ship commissioned:
2008
Displacement:
10,000 to 13,000 tonnes
Size:
528 (wl), 567 (oa) x 59 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Gas turbine
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 6 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
1 x 5" gun
2 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
1x64 x Mk. 41 VLS (64 missiles)
2006
First ship commissioned:
2008
Displacement:
10,000 to 13,000 tonnes
Size:
528 (wl), 567 (oa) x 59 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Gas turbine
Sensors:
AN/SPY-1 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 6 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
1 x 5" gun
2 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
2 x Harpoon quad launchers (8 missiles)
1x64 x Mk. 41 VLS (64 missiles)
First ship launched:
2008
First ship commissioned:
2010
Displacement:
3,000 to 4,000 tonnes
Size:
520 (wl), 550 (oa) x 110 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Gas turbine
Sensors:
Standard radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
1 x 5" gun
1 x SeaRAM CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
2 x NSM quad launchers (8 missiles)
1x8 x Mk. 41 VLS
2008
First ship commissioned:
2010
Displacement:
3,000 to 4,000 tonnes
Size:
520 (wl), 550 (oa) x 110 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Gas turbine
Sensors:
Standard radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
1 x 5" gun
1 x SeaRAM CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
2 x NSM quad launchers (8 missiles)
1x8 x Mk. 41 VLS
First ship launched:
2013
First ship commissioned:
2015
Displacement:
10,500 to 13,500 tonnes
Size:
528 (wl), 567 (oa) x 59 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Gas turbine
Sensors:
AN/SPY-3 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
1 x 8" gun
2 x SeaRAM CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
20x4 x Mk. 57 VLS (80 missiles)
2013
First ship commissioned:
2015
Displacement:
10,500 to 13,500 tonnes
Size:
528 (wl), 567 (oa) x 59 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Gas turbine
Sensors:
AN/SPY-3 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 2 VTOL aircraft
Armament:
1 x 8" gun
2 x SeaRAM CIWS
2 x triple torpedo tubes
20x4 x Mk. 57 VLS (80 missiles)
First ship launched:
2018
First ship commissioned:
2021
Displacement:
96,000 to 100,000 tonnes
Size:
1,054 (wl), 1,106 (oa) x 134 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Nuclear
Sensors:
AN/SPY-3 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 90 VTOL/STOL/HTOL aircraft
Armament:
3 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x SeaRAM CIWS
2 x Mk. 56 missile launcher (24 missiles)
2018
First ship commissioned:
2021
Displacement:
96,000 to 100,000 tonnes
Size:
1,054 (wl), 1,106 (oa) x 134 (wl) ft
Propulsion:
Nuclear
Sensors:
AN/SPY-3 3D radar
Aircraft:
Flight deck and hangar for 90 VTOL/STOL/HTOL aircraft
Armament:
3 x 20 mm CIWS
2 x SeaRAM CIWS
2 x Mk. 56 missile launcher (24 missiles)
US ship naming convention circa end-2005
Frigates: Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard heroes, previous frigates
Destroyers: Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard heroes, previous destroyers
Cruisers: Battles, US cities, previous cruisers
Battleships: US states, previous battleships
Escort carriers: Battles from the Pacific war of WWII, previous escort carriers
Aircraft carriers: Battles, fleet admirals, aviation pioneers, previous aircraft carriers
Submarines: Fish and other sea creatures, previous submarines
Ballistic missile submarines: US states, previous ballistic missile submarines
Amphibious command ships: US geographical areas, previous amphibious command ships
Amphibious assault ships: Early US sailing ships, Marine Corps battles, previous aircraft carriers from WWII, previous amphibious assault ships
Amphibious transport docks: US cities, important places in US and US naval history, previous amphibious transport docks
Notes:
Naming an entire massive ship that takes hundreds or thousands of people to build and operate after a single person seems a bit wrong to me. So the largest ships that can be named after people are destroyers, and even then only frigates and smaller ships can be named with a person's full name, destroyers can only be named with someone's last name. The only exceptions to this are very high ranking navy officers, like the 4 fleet admirals from WWII (which may or may not be an excuse to keep the Nimitz class named that).
Ships can, however, be named after other ships as well as people. If, for example, you wanted to name a ship after the USS William D Porter DD-579, you could name it the USS William D Porter. But if you wanted to name it after the person named William D Porter, you would have to name it just USS Porter (unless the ship is a frigate or smaller).
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US Navy fleet composition circa end-2005
Frigates
Constitution-class FF: 1 commissioned
USS Constitution
Oliver Hazard Perry-class FFG: 28 commissioned
USS Francis X McInerney
USS Joel T Boone
USS Stephen W Groves
USS John L Hall
USS Harry B Jarret
USS Gordon W Underwood
USS Benjamin S Eason
USS Maurice Curts
USS James H Doyle
USS William D Halyburton
USS Clarence W McClusky
USS Thomas B Klakring
USS John S Thach
USS Richard De Wert
USS George Rentz
USS Samuel Nicholas
USS Alexander A Vandegrift
USS Robert G Bradley
USS Jesse J Taylor
USS Donald A Gary
USS Paul H Carr
USS Richard E Hawes
USS Patrick O Ford
USS Henry T Elrod
USS Rodger W Simpson
USS Reuben James
USS Floyd B Parks
USS James L Kauffman
USS Rodney M Davis
USS Duncan Ingraham
Destroyers
Spruance-class DD: 31 commissioned
USS Spruance
USS Foster
USS Kinkaid
USS Hewitt
USS Elliot
USS Maury
USS Peterson
USS Caron
USS Ray
USS Oldendorf
USS Young
USS De Grasse
USS O'Brien
USS Merrill
USS Fletcher
USS Stout
USS Conolly
USS Moosbrugger
USS Hancock
USS Nicholson
USS Rodgers
USS Leftwich
USS Cushing
USS Hill
USS William D Porter
USS Thorn
USS Deyo
USS Ingersoll
USS Fife
USS Nicholas
USS Hayler
Johnston-class DDG: 39 commissioned
USS Johnston
USS Burke
USS Laboon
USS Heermann
USS Cole
USS O'Bannon
USS Barry
USS Gridley
USS Samuel B Roberts
USS Russell
USS Hoel
USS Hamilton
USS Ramage
USS Fitzgerald
USS Stethem
USS Gonzalez
USS Buchanan
USS Porter
USS Stethem
USS Cook
USS Taylor
USS Sullivan
USS Saufley
USS Jones
USS O'Kane
USS Hopper
USS Austin
USS Milius
USS Ross
USS Lassen
USS Russell
USS Decatur
USS Higgins
USS Bulkeley
USS Morris
USS Roosevelt
USS Howard
USS McCampbell
USS Mason
Cruisers
Des Moines-class CA: 2 commissioned
USS Des Moines
USS Salem
Virginia-class CGN: 2 commissioned
USS Virginia
USS Arkansas
Ticonderoga-class CSGN: 5 commissioned
USS Ticonderoga
USS Monterey
USS Vally Forge
USS Bunker Hill
USS Mobile Bay
Lake Erie-class CG: 6 commissioned
USS Lake Erie
USS Gettysburg
USS Princeton
USS Lake Champlain
USS Antietam
USS Lake Huron
Battleships
Iowa-class BBG: 2 commissioned
USS Iowa
USS Wisconsin
Escort Carriers
Leyte Gulf-class CLGN: 4 commissioned
USS Leyte Gulf
USS Philippine Sea
USS Coral Sea
USS Solomon Sea
Aircraft Carriers
Kitty Hawk-class CV: 1 commissioned
USS Kitty Hawk
Enterprise-class CVN: 1 commissioned
USS Enterprise
Langley-class CV: 1 commissioned
USS Langley
Nimitz-class CVN: 8 commissioned
USS Nimitz
USS Yorktown
USS Intrepid (currently refueling)
USS Hornet
USS Lexington
USS Halsey
USS Saratoga
USS Ranger
Fast Attack Submarines
Stingray-class SSN: 50 commissioned
USS Stingray
USS Cutlass
USS Mackerel
USS Skipjack
USS Barbel
USS Corsair
USS Salmon
USS Trigger
USS Nautilus
USS Bumper
USS Sawfish
USS Cod
USS Skate
USS Catfish
USS Sealion
USS Growler
USS Albacore
USS Jawfish
USS Tambor
USS Alligator
USS Sennet
USS Corporal
USS Porpoise
USS Pike
USS Balao
USS Swordfish
USS Thresher
USS Redfin
USS Turtle
USS Herring
USS Darter
USS Dace
USS Octopus
USS Pickerel
USS Blueback
USS Cabrilla
USS Espada
USS Albany
USS Blackfin
USS Dolphin
USS Haddock
USS Spearfish
USS Grayback
USS Marlin
USS Searaven
USS Sailfish
USS Razorback
USS Cuttlefish
USS Bass
USS Snapper
Seawolf-class SSN:3 commissioned
USS Seawolf
USS Archerfish
USS Kraken
Triton-class SSN: 1 commissioned
USS Triton
Ballistic Missile Submarines
Ohio-class SSBN: 14 commissioned
USS Washington
USS Alabama
USS Alaska
USS Nevada
USS Tennesse
USS Utah
USS West Virginia
USS Kentucky
USS Maryland
USS Nebraska
USS Rhode Island
USS Maine
USS Wyoming
USS Louisiana
Amphibious Command Ships
Blue Ridge-class LCC: 2 commissioned
USS Blue Ridge
USS Mount Whitney
Amphibious Transport Docks
Austin-class LPD: 10 commissioned
USS Austin
USS Ogden
USS Cleveland
USS Dubuque
USS Denver
USS Juneau
USS Shreveport
USS Nashville
USS Trenton
USS Ponce
Amphibious Assault Ships
Tarawa-class LHA: 5 commissioned
USS Tarawa
USS Saipan
USS Belleau Wood
USS Nassau
USS Peleliu
Wasp-class LHD: 8 commissioned
USS Wasp
USS Essex
USS Kearsarge
USS Boxer
USS Bataan
USS Bonhomme Richard
USS Iwo Jima
USS Makin Island
Frigates
Constitution-class FF: 1 commissioned
USS Constitution
Oliver Hazard Perry-class FFG: 28 commissioned
USS Francis X McInerney
USS Joel T Boone
USS Stephen W Groves
USS John L Hall
USS Harry B Jarret
USS Gordon W Underwood
USS Benjamin S Eason
USS Maurice Curts
USS James H Doyle
USS William D Halyburton
USS Clarence W McClusky
USS Thomas B Klakring
USS John S Thach
USS Richard De Wert
USS George Rentz
USS Samuel Nicholas
USS Alexander A Vandegrift
USS Robert G Bradley
USS Jesse J Taylor
USS Donald A Gary
USS Paul H Carr
USS Richard E Hawes
USS Patrick O Ford
USS Henry T Elrod
USS Rodger W Simpson
USS Reuben James
USS Floyd B Parks
USS James L Kauffman
USS Rodney M Davis
USS Duncan Ingraham
Destroyers
Spruance-class DD: 31 commissioned
USS Spruance
USS Foster
USS Kinkaid
USS Hewitt
USS Elliot
USS Maury
USS Peterson
USS Caron
USS Ray
USS Oldendorf
USS Young
USS De Grasse
USS O'Brien
USS Merrill
USS Fletcher
USS Stout
USS Conolly
USS Moosbrugger
USS Hancock
USS Nicholson
USS Rodgers
USS Leftwich
USS Cushing
USS Hill
USS William D Porter
USS Thorn
USS Deyo
USS Ingersoll
USS Fife
USS Nicholas
USS Hayler
Johnston-class DDG: 39 commissioned
USS Johnston
USS Burke
USS Laboon
USS Heermann
USS Cole
USS O'Bannon
USS Barry
USS Gridley
USS Samuel B Roberts
USS Russell
USS Hoel
USS Hamilton
USS Ramage
USS Fitzgerald
USS Stethem
USS Gonzalez
USS Buchanan
USS Porter
USS Stethem
USS Cook
USS Taylor
USS Sullivan
USS Saufley
USS Jones
USS O'Kane
USS Hopper
USS Austin
USS Milius
USS Ross
USS Lassen
USS Russell
USS Decatur
USS Higgins
USS Bulkeley
USS Morris
USS Roosevelt
USS Howard
USS McCampbell
USS Mason
Cruisers
Des Moines-class CA: 2 commissioned
USS Des Moines
USS Salem
Virginia-class CGN: 2 commissioned
USS Virginia
USS Arkansas
Ticonderoga-class CSGN: 5 commissioned
USS Ticonderoga
USS Monterey
USS Vally Forge
USS Bunker Hill
USS Mobile Bay
Lake Erie-class CG: 6 commissioned
USS Lake Erie
USS Gettysburg
USS Princeton
USS Lake Champlain
USS Antietam
USS Lake Huron
Battleships
Iowa-class BBG: 2 commissioned
USS Iowa
USS Wisconsin
Escort Carriers
Leyte Gulf-class CLGN: 4 commissioned
USS Leyte Gulf
USS Philippine Sea
USS Coral Sea
USS Solomon Sea
Aircraft Carriers
Kitty Hawk-class CV: 1 commissioned
USS Kitty Hawk
Enterprise-class CVN: 1 commissioned
USS Enterprise
Langley-class CV: 1 commissioned
USS Langley
Nimitz-class CVN: 8 commissioned
USS Nimitz
USS Yorktown
USS Intrepid (currently refueling)
USS Hornet
USS Lexington
USS Halsey
USS Saratoga
USS Ranger
Fast Attack Submarines
Stingray-class SSN: 50 commissioned
USS Stingray
USS Cutlass
USS Mackerel
USS Skipjack
USS Barbel
USS Corsair
USS Salmon
USS Trigger
USS Nautilus
USS Bumper
USS Sawfish
USS Cod
USS Skate
USS Catfish
USS Sealion
USS Growler
USS Albacore
USS Jawfish
USS Tambor
USS Alligator
USS Sennet
USS Corporal
USS Porpoise
USS Pike
USS Balao
USS Swordfish
USS Thresher
USS Redfin
USS Turtle
USS Herring
USS Darter
USS Dace
USS Octopus
USS Pickerel
USS Blueback
USS Cabrilla
USS Espada
USS Albany
USS Blackfin
USS Dolphin
USS Haddock
USS Spearfish
USS Grayback
USS Marlin
USS Searaven
USS Sailfish
USS Razorback
USS Cuttlefish
USS Bass
USS Snapper
Seawolf-class SSN:3 commissioned
USS Seawolf
USS Archerfish
USS Kraken
Triton-class SSN: 1 commissioned
USS Triton
Ballistic Missile Submarines
Ohio-class SSBN: 14 commissioned
USS Washington
USS Alabama
USS Alaska
USS Nevada
USS Tennesse
USS Utah
USS West Virginia
USS Kentucky
USS Maryland
USS Nebraska
USS Rhode Island
USS Maine
USS Wyoming
USS Louisiana
Amphibious Command Ships
Blue Ridge-class LCC: 2 commissioned
USS Blue Ridge
USS Mount Whitney
Amphibious Transport Docks
Austin-class LPD: 10 commissioned
USS Austin
USS Ogden
USS Cleveland
USS Dubuque
USS Denver
USS Juneau
USS Shreveport
USS Nashville
USS Trenton
USS Ponce
Amphibious Assault Ships
Tarawa-class LHA: 5 commissioned
USS Tarawa
USS Saipan
USS Belleau Wood
USS Nassau
USS Peleliu
Wasp-class LHD: 8 commissioned
USS Wasp
USS Essex
USS Kearsarge
USS Boxer
USS Bataan
USS Bonhomme Richard
USS Iwo Jima
USS Makin Island
US Navy fleet composition circa end-2025
Frigates
Constitution-class FF: 1 commissioned
USS Constitution
Harold R Stark-class FFG: 15 commissioned
USS Harold R Stark
USS Rodney M Davis
USS Alexander A Vandegrift
USS Samuel C Reid
USS James H Doyle
USS George Philip
USS George Rentz
USS Richard N Antrim
USS Henry T Elrod
USS Daniel Frazier
USS Donald B Duncan
USS Stephen W Groves
USS Joel T Boone
USS Robert W Copeland
USS Donald A Gary
Destroyers
Johnston-class DDG: 44 commissioned
USS Johnston
USS Burke
USS Laboon
USS Heermann
USS Cole
USS O'Bannon
USS Barry
USS Gridley
USS Samuel B Roberts
USS Russell
USS Hoel
USS Hamilton
USS Ramage
USS Fitzgerald
USS Stethem
USS Gonzalez
USS Buchanan
USS Porter
USS Stethem
USS Cook
USS Taylor
USS Sullivan
USS Saufley
USS Jones
USS O'Kane
USS Hopper
USS Austin
USS Milius
USS Ross
USS Lassen
USS Russell
USS Decatur
USS Higgins
USS Bulkeley
USS Morris
USS Roosevelt
USS Howard
USS McCampbell
USS Mason
USS Truxtun
USS Dewey
USS Murphy
USS Dunham
USS Kidd
Cruisers
Des Moines-class CA: 2 commissioned
USS Des Moines
USS Salem
Ticonderoga-class CSGN: 5 commissioned
USS Ticonderoga
USS Monterey
USS Vally Forge
USS Bunker Hill
USS Mobile Bay
Lake Erie-class CG: 15 commissioned
USS Lake Erie
USS Gettysburg
USS Princeton
USS Lake Champlain
USS Antietam
USS Lake Huron
USS Cowpens
USS Princeton
USS Chancellorsville
USS San Jacinto
USS Hué City
USS Normandy
USS Anzio
USS Vella Gulf
USS Port Royal
San Diego-class CHG: 7 commissioned
USS San Diego
USS Helena
USS New Orleans
USS Portland
USS Minneapolis
USS San Fransisco
USS Northampton
Atlanta-class CG: 5 commissioned
USS Atlanta
USS Vincennes
USS Houston
USS Chicago
USS Quincy
Battleships
Iowa-class BBG: 2 commissioned
USS Iowa
USS Wisconsin
Escort Carriers
Leyte Gulf-class CLGN: 4 commissioned
USS Leyte Gulf
USS Philippine Sea
USS Coral Sea
USS Solomon Sea
Aircraft Carriers
Nimitz-class CVN: 11 commissioned
USS Nimitz
USS Yorktown
USS Intrepid
USS Hornet
USS Lexington
USS Halsey
USS Saratoga
USS Ranger (refueling)
USS Constellation
USS United States
USS Enterprise
Fast Attack Submarines
Stingray-class SSN: 32 commissioned
USS Skipjack
USS Barbel
USS Jawfish
USS Alligator
USS Corporal
USS Porpoise
USS Pike
USS Balao
USS Swordfish
USS Thresher
USS Redfin
USS Turtle
USS Herring
USS Darter
USS Octopus
USS Pickerel
USS Blueback
USS Cabrilla
USS Espada
USS Albany
USS Blackfin
USS Dolphin
USS Haddock
USS Spearfish
USS Grayback
USS Marlin
USS Searaven
USS Sailfish
USS Razorback
USS Cuttlefish
USS Bass
USS Snapper
Seawolf-class SSN: 3 commissioned
USS Seawolf
USS Archerfish
USS Kraken
Triton-class SSN: 28 commissioned
USS Triton
USS Sealion
USS Cutlass
USS Lancetfish
USS Cod
USS Shark
USS Harder
USS Batfish
USS Narwhal
USS Dace
USS Albacore
USS Permit
USS Gato
USS Bluefish
USS Tunny
USS Pintado
USS Sunfish
USS Lionfish
USS Viper
USS Stingray
USS Nautilus
USS Skate
USS Catfish
USS Barracuda
USS Parche
USS Amberjack
USS Icefish
USS Corsair
Guided Missile Submarines
Ohio-class SSGN: 4 commissioned
USS Ohio
USS Michigan
USS Florida
USS Georgia
Ballistic Missile Submarines
Ohio-class SSBN: 14 commissioned
USS Washington
USS Alabama
USS Alaska
USS Nevada
USS Tennesse
USS Utah
USS West Virginia
USS Kentucky
USS Maryland
USS Nebraska
USS Rhode Island
USS Maine
USS Wyoming
USS Louisiana
Amphibious Command Ships
Blue Ridge-class LCC: 2 commissioned
USS Blue Ridge
USS Mount Whitney
Amphibious Transport Docks
San Antonio-class LPD: 14 commissioned
USS San Antonio
USS Astoria
USS Mesa Verde
USS Green Bay
USS New York
USS Juneau
USS Anchorage
USS Arlington
USS Sommerset
USS Belleau Wood
USS Nassau
USS Tarawa
USS Peleliu
USS Harrisburg
Amphibious Assault Ships
Wasp-class LHD: 8 commissioned
USS Wasp
USS Essex
USS Kearsarge
USS Boxer
USS Bataan
USS Bonhomme Richard
USS Iwo Jima
USS Makin Island
America-class LHA: 3 commissioned
USS America
USS Tripoli
USS Bougainville
Frigates
Constitution-class FF: 1 commissioned
USS Constitution
Harold R Stark-class FFG: 15 commissioned
USS Harold R Stark
USS Rodney M Davis
USS Alexander A Vandegrift
USS Samuel C Reid
USS James H Doyle
USS George Philip
USS George Rentz
USS Richard N Antrim
USS Henry T Elrod
USS Daniel Frazier
USS Donald B Duncan
USS Stephen W Groves
USS Joel T Boone
USS Robert W Copeland
USS Donald A Gary
Destroyers
Johnston-class DDG: 44 commissioned
USS Johnston
USS Burke
USS Laboon
USS Heermann
USS Cole
USS O'Bannon
USS Barry
USS Gridley
USS Samuel B Roberts
USS Russell
USS Hoel
USS Hamilton
USS Ramage
USS Fitzgerald
USS Stethem
USS Gonzalez
USS Buchanan
USS Porter
USS Stethem
USS Cook
USS Taylor
USS Sullivan
USS Saufley
USS Jones
USS O'Kane
USS Hopper
USS Austin
USS Milius
USS Ross
USS Lassen
USS Russell
USS Decatur
USS Higgins
USS Bulkeley
USS Morris
USS Roosevelt
USS Howard
USS McCampbell
USS Mason
USS Truxtun
USS Dewey
USS Murphy
USS Dunham
USS Kidd
Cruisers
Des Moines-class CA: 2 commissioned
USS Des Moines
USS Salem
Ticonderoga-class CSGN: 5 commissioned
USS Ticonderoga
USS Monterey
USS Vally Forge
USS Bunker Hill
USS Mobile Bay
Lake Erie-class CG: 15 commissioned
USS Lake Erie
USS Gettysburg
USS Princeton
USS Lake Champlain
USS Antietam
USS Lake Huron
USS Cowpens
USS Princeton
USS Chancellorsville
USS San Jacinto
USS Hué City
USS Normandy
USS Anzio
USS Vella Gulf
USS Port Royal
San Diego-class CHG: 7 commissioned
USS San Diego
USS Helena
USS New Orleans
USS Portland
USS Minneapolis
USS San Fransisco
USS Northampton
Atlanta-class CG: 5 commissioned
USS Atlanta
USS Vincennes
USS Houston
USS Chicago
USS Quincy
Battleships
Iowa-class BBG: 2 commissioned
USS Iowa
USS Wisconsin
Escort Carriers
Leyte Gulf-class CLGN: 4 commissioned
USS Leyte Gulf
USS Philippine Sea
USS Coral Sea
USS Solomon Sea
Aircraft Carriers
Nimitz-class CVN: 11 commissioned
USS Nimitz
USS Yorktown
USS Intrepid
USS Hornet
USS Lexington
USS Halsey
USS Saratoga
USS Ranger (refueling)
USS Constellation
USS United States
USS Enterprise
Fast Attack Submarines
Stingray-class SSN: 32 commissioned
USS Skipjack
USS Barbel
USS Jawfish
USS Alligator
USS Corporal
USS Porpoise
USS Pike
USS Balao
USS Swordfish
USS Thresher
USS Redfin
USS Turtle
USS Herring
USS Darter
USS Octopus
USS Pickerel
USS Blueback
USS Cabrilla
USS Espada
USS Albany
USS Blackfin
USS Dolphin
USS Haddock
USS Spearfish
USS Grayback
USS Marlin
USS Searaven
USS Sailfish
USS Razorback
USS Cuttlefish
USS Bass
USS Snapper
Seawolf-class SSN: 3 commissioned
USS Seawolf
USS Archerfish
USS Kraken
Triton-class SSN: 28 commissioned
USS Triton
USS Sealion
USS Cutlass
USS Lancetfish
USS Cod
USS Shark
USS Harder
USS Batfish
USS Narwhal
USS Dace
USS Albacore
USS Permit
USS Gato
USS Bluefish
USS Tunny
USS Pintado
USS Sunfish
USS Lionfish
USS Viper
USS Stingray
USS Nautilus
USS Skate
USS Catfish
USS Barracuda
USS Parche
USS Amberjack
USS Icefish
USS Corsair
Guided Missile Submarines
Ohio-class SSGN: 4 commissioned
USS Ohio
USS Michigan
USS Florida
USS Georgia
Ballistic Missile Submarines
Ohio-class SSBN: 14 commissioned
USS Washington
USS Alabama
USS Alaska
USS Nevada
USS Tennesse
USS Utah
USS West Virginia
USS Kentucky
USS Maryland
USS Nebraska
USS Rhode Island
USS Maine
USS Wyoming
USS Louisiana
Amphibious Command Ships
Blue Ridge-class LCC: 2 commissioned
USS Blue Ridge
USS Mount Whitney
Amphibious Transport Docks
San Antonio-class LPD: 14 commissioned
USS San Antonio
USS Astoria
USS Mesa Verde
USS Green Bay
USS New York
USS Juneau
USS Anchorage
USS Arlington
USS Sommerset
USS Belleau Wood
USS Nassau
USS Tarawa
USS Peleliu
USS Harrisburg
Amphibious Assault Ships
Wasp-class LHD: 8 commissioned
USS Wasp
USS Essex
USS Kearsarge
USS Boxer
USS Bataan
USS Bonhomme Richard
USS Iwo Jima
USS Makin Island
America-class LHA: 3 commissioned
USS America
USS Tripoli
USS Bougainville
So, basically, the idea behind all this is to revise the last ~40 years of US Naval history to try and fix a lot of the mistakes that were made. I might have gone a bit to far with the renaming, it was a complete nightmare to keep track of which TTL ship corresponded to which OTL ship, but I think I just about managed that.
The first real change (besides the renaming) is a greater focus on gun-based naval fire support, and a realization of the impracticalities of long range guided munitions at this point, leading the adoption of the Mk. 71 8" gun on the Spruances. Next is, obviously, the construction of the CSGNs. IOTL they proposed 8, but I thought that was a bit much so I went with 5, which leaves enough funds left over for 4 enlarged versions with flight decks to act as escort carriers. The basic idea behind those is to allow battleship-centered fleets to travel around without a big supercarrier overseeing them, with 1 per battleship.
Then, a few years later, the Johnstons start being commissioned. OTL I have no idea what the "Aegis destroyers" proposed to complement the CSGNs would look like, so I went with OTL Arleigh Burkes for simplicity. Also, yes, they're named after *that* USS Johnston. And the other ships from Taffy 3 show up in the names as well, I always thought it was a great shame we never named any Burkes after them in OTL. All we got was Samuel B Robert's name being given to a frigate, of all things. In fact, a lot of the Johnstons are named after ships, not people, but they are hard to tell apart.
Anyway, as well as that we also see the Virginias being upgraded, only 2 of them though. I imagine that they started upgrading them to fill out the remaining 3 CSGN slots that got taken by the escort carriers, but the Cold War ended before they were finished and they only completed upgrading 2, while the remaining 2 got scrapped along with a few other ships to save enough funds to keep the rest of the fleet around. I imagine it was a similar story for the Des Monies-class cruisers, they got upgraded to provide additional naval fire support as they decommissioned one of the Iowas to save funds, and then the Cold War ended. So, while they both got upgraded in the end, the navy ended up decommissioning 2 of the Iowas, with the final 2 undergoing a substantial retrofit in 1997 to modernize everything and add VLS cells. I don't think the age of them would be an issue, after all the USS Texas is ~110 years old and still floats.
The reason for all this is, as stated earlier, guided gun-based mentions were (correctly) identified in the 70s as being too far off, and thus the Iowas, and the Mk. 71 8" gun program, are seen as being more important. The fact that at some point in the 2010s Pratt and Whitney will propose scramjet-powered 16" shells with a range of 400 nautical miles (that's OTL by the way) with certainly help. I can only imagine it is easier to guide a 16" shell than a 6.1" one, as the electronics can be bigger, so once that technology does mature they will still have a reason to keep the battleships around. To say nothing of their psychological effect on the enemy.
Anyways, eventually, the navy will start looking for upgrades to the Johnstons. One of the proposals given in OTL in 1989 is quite good, as it gives the ship the ability to be further developed more easily. It is, however, now so big that I had to classify it as a cruiser, which is fine as right now the TTL US Navy has a shortage of normal, non-strike cruisers relative to OTL. Following that is the San Diego-class helicopter cruiser, which stretches the ship a bit and removes the aft VLS to accommodate an extended hangar, allowing the ship to provide effective ASW for an entire small fleet. It's also at this point that I ran out of battles to name them after, so from now on they are named after cities.
And, finally, we get to TTL Zumwalt equivalent. Except this time it's actually done *well*. Instead of trying to build an entirely new ship, they just took the hull of a San Diego and replaced the entire superstructure, changed the VLS arrangement, and swapped the 5" gun for an 8" one. There were other things, like increased automation and new radars, but not to the same extent as OTL. Also, thanks to TTL's US Navy being warier of guided munitions, the Advanced Gun System never happened, hence the 8" gun and the fact the Iowa and Wisconsin are still sailing around.
There's also TTL's littoral combat ship, except they're still called frigates and are large enough to be able to kill more than a speedboat or yacht. I picket the trimaran design for these, mostly because it looks cool if I'm being honest, but scaled it up by 1,000 tons and gave it a 5" gun and VLS.
There are numerous other minor changes, but those are the main ones. What do you guys think?
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