Largest cruiser fleet

With the demise of the battleship in the second half of the twentieth century, cruisers are the largest class of surface combat ship in use today. Three nations have cruisers in active service, the USA, with 22, Russia, with 5, and Peru, with 1. The cruisers operated by the US Navy are all of the Ticonderoga guided missile class, built between 1980 and 1994. They are 173 m long with a beam of 16. 8 m and a displacement of 9,906 tonnes when fully loaded. Their armament includes a vertical launch system for surface-to-air, cruise, anti-submarine and anti-ship missiles. They also have two 5-inch guns, anti-missile defence and torpedo tubes.