The list of cruiser classes in service includes all those currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.

-class aircraft-carrying multi-role cruiser

Builders: (Japan Marine United) Displacement: 26,000 tons Aircraft: Before conversion: 7 x Mitsubishi SH-60K Seahawk ASW helicopters; 2 x SAR helicopters; up to 14 or 28 aircraft total After conversion: V/STOL fixed-wing aircraft (F-35B Lightning II) Armament: 2 x Phalanx CIWS; 2 x SeaRAM CIWS Powerplant: 4 x GE/IHI LM2500IEC COGAG gas turbines (112,100 hp) Speed: 30 knots Range: Ships in class: 2 Operator: Commissioned: 25 March 2015 Status: 2 in service; modified and redesignated as aircraft-carrying multi-role cruisers in October 2024

-class (Project 1144 Orlan) battlecruiser

Builders: / (Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg) Displacement: 25,860 tons Aircraft: 3 × Kamov Ka-27 helicopters Armament: Class leader: 20 × P-700 Granit SSM; 4 × 9K33 Osa SAM; 96 × SA-N-6 SAM; 2 × SS-N-14 ASWM; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 × 100 mm guns, AK-630 CIWS; RBU-6000 ASW rockets, 2 × RBU-1000 ASW rockets Surviving units: 20 × P-700 Granit SSM; 4 × 9K33 Osa SAM; 96 × SA-N-6 SAM; 24 × octuple SA-N-9 Gauntlet SAM; 10x SS-N-15 ASWM; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; 1 × 2 130 mm gun, 6 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS; 2 × RBU-12000 ASW rockets, 2 × RBU-1000 ASW rockets Powerplant: 2 × KN-3 reactors, 2 × oil fired boilers, 2 × steam turbines (140,000 shp) Speed: 32 knots Range: 1000 nmi at 32 knots, unlimited at 20 knots on nuclear power Ships in class: 5 Operator: Commissioned: December 1980 Status: 1 under sea trials, 1 laid up, 1 awaiting disposal, 1 scrapped, 1 cancelled

-class (Project 1143.5) heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser

Builders: / at Shipyard No. 444 (named for I. I. Nosenko) / (Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company in Liaoning) Displacement: 55,000 tons standard Aircraft: 30-50 total: 18-32 x fixed wing aircraft; 18-24 x helicopters> Armament: Class leader: 12 × P-700 Granit SSM; 192 × 3K95 Kinzhal SAM; 8 × Kashtan CIWS; 6 × AK-630 CIWS; 60 × UDAV-1 ASW rockets Liaoning and Shandong: 3 × Type 1130 CIWS; 3 × HQ-10 SAMs Powerplant: Steam turbines (80,000 shp) (200,000 shp) Speed: 29 knots Range: 8,500 nmi at 18 knots, 3,800 at 29 knots Ships in class: 3 Operator: (1 ship) / (2 ships) Commissioned: 25 December 1990 Status: 2 in service, 1 laid up

-class (Project 1164 Atlant) missile cruiser

Builders: / (61 Kommunar in Mykolaiv, Ukraine) Displacement: 11,490 tons Aircraft: 1 helicopter Armament: 16 × SS-N-12 SSM; 64 × SA-N-6 Grumble SAM; 2 × 130 mm guns; 6 × AK-630 cannon; 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes Powerplant: COGOG gas turbines (125,000 hp) Speed: 34 knots Range: 9,000 nmi at 15 knots Ships in class: 4 (plus 2 cancelled) Operator: (3 ships) / (1 incomplete) Commissioned: 1982 Status: 2 in service, 1 sunk, 1 incomplete, 6 cancelled -class guided-missile cruiser

Builders: Displacement: 9,800 tons Aircraft: 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk Armament: 2 × Mk 26 or Mk 41 launchers with up to 122 missiles (for Mk 41 VLS) or 88 (with Mk 26 twin-rail launchers) (ASROC, SM-2, Tomahawk); 2 × 127 mm DP guns; 2 × Phalanx CIWS, 8 Harpoon SSM Powerplant: 4 × gas turbines (80,000 shp) Speed: 32.5 knots Range: 6,000 nmi at 20 knots Ships in class: 27 Operator: Commissioned: 22 January 1983 Status: 5 in service, 20 decommissioned, 2 sunk

See also

List of naval ship classes in service

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