| Bainbridge-class cruiser | |
|---|---|
 USS Bainbridge, only ship of her class | |
| Class overview | |
| Builders: | Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Operators: |
 United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Leahy class cruiser |
| Succeeded by: | Belknap class cruiser |
| Cost: | US$163.6 million[1]:331 for one ship |
| Built: | 1959–1961 |
| In commission: | 1962–1996 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Retired: | 1 |
USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) was a nuclear-powered development of the Leahy-class cruiser. Originally a guided missile destroyer leader, the class was re-designated guided missile cruiser in 1975. As with USS Long Beach (CGN-9) and USS Enterprise (CVN-65), Bainbridge was the only member of its single-ship class.
Bainbridge (DLGN-25) was largely identical to the Leahy-class[1]:329 except for the replacement of her four 1200 lb/in2 steam boilers with two D2G reactors, and related increases in displacement, length and beam.[1]:331 Bainbridge's engineering department carried 7 officers and 156 enlisted men—respectively 3 and 42 more than a contemporary steam-powered vessel.[1]:331
The lessons learned on Bainbridge were later adapted to the next nuclear-powered ship, USS Truxtun (CGN-35) and the California and Virginia classes of nuclear-powered cruiser.[citation needed]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Friedman, Norman (2004). "U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History". Annapolis, MD, United States: Naval Institute Press. pp. 327–334. ISBN 9781557504425. OCLC 51861947. http://books.google.com/books?id=Tzp58htKLkEC. Retrieved October 13, 2012. "The Bainbridge was essentially a nuclear version of the Leahy class."
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