USS Truxtun (CGN-35)

	USS Truxtun underway on 3 January 1989
History
United States
Name	Truxtun
Namesake	Thomas Truxtun
Ordered	23 June 1962
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	17 June 1963
Launched	19 December 1964
Acquired	26 May 1967
Commissioned	27 May 1967
Decommissioned	11 September 1995
Stricken	11 September 1995
Identification	Callsign: NTYL; ; Hull number: CGN-35;
Motto	Ars navigandi – Fidelitas – Imperium; (Skillful navigation – Faithfulness – Power);
Fate	Disposed of by Ship recycling, 16 April 1999 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
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General characteristics
Class and type	Heavily modified nuclear variant of Belknap-class cruiser
Displacement	8,659 tons (full)
Length	564 ft (172 m)
Beam	58 ft (18 m)
Draft	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Propulsion	2 GE pressurized-water D2G nuclear reactors; 2 shafts; 70,000 shp;
Speed	31 kt
Range	Nuclear
Complement	492 officers and enlisted. Flag accommodation for 6 officers and 12 enlisted.
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-10 surface search RADAR; AN/SPS-40 air search RADAR; AN/SPS-48 3D air search RADAR; 2 AN/SPG-55 Terrier fire control RADAR; AN/SQS-26 SONAR;
Armament	1 5 in (130 mm)/54 DP Mk 42 gun; 1 twin Mk 10 Mod 8 missile launcher for Standard ER and ASROC missiles; 3 20-missile horizontal drums in magazine; 2 × 2 12.75" Mk 32 fixed ASW torpedo tubes; 2 × 4 Harpoon anti-ship missile tubes; 2 × Phalanx CIWS;
Aircraft carried	facilities for 1 SH-2F LAMPS-II

The fifth USS Truxtun (DLGN-35/CGN-35) was a nuclear powered cruiser in the U.S. Navy. She was launched as a destroyer leader (called a "frigate" at the time) and later reclassified as a cruiser. She was named after Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755–1822). She was in service from May 1967 to September 1995.

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