List of cruisers of the United States Navy This list of cruiser s of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called " cruiser " . Since the nomenclature predates the hull numbering system , and there were several confusing renumberings and renamings , there are multiple entries referring to the same physical ship . A * following the entry indicates a ship that was canceled before completion . Ships in bold saw combat service . A † indicates a ship lost to enemy action . CA - 1 , CA - 6 and CA - 10 were never used , as ACR - 1 " Maine " , ACR - 6 " California / San Diego " and ACR - 10 " Tennessee / Memphis " were sunk prior to the 1920 redesignation , and their sisters ' original hull numbers were carried over . CA - 20 through CA - 23 were skipped to allow the reclassification of the Washington Treaty CL ' s as CA ' s without re - numbering . Heavy cruisers CA - 149 and CA - 151 to CA - 153 , and light cruisers CL - 154 to CL - 159 were canceled before being named . CG - 15 was skipped so the " Leahy " - class guided missile frigates ( DLG - 16 class ) could be redesignated without renumbering . The other missing numbers in the guided - missile cruiser series , 43 – 46 , were not used so that DDG - 47 " Ticonderoga " and DDG - 48 " Yorktown " could be similarly redesignated . ( It has been argued in some sources that the DDG - 993 guided missile destroyers , which were essentially identically armed to the s , should have been redesignated CG - 43 through −46 . ) CG - 1 through 8 and CG - 10 through 12 were converted from World War II cruisers . CAG - 1 USS " Boston " and CAG - 2 USS " Canberra " retained most of their original gun armament and were later returned to their gun cruiser designations CA - 69 and CA - 70 . Before 30 June 1975 , CG - 16 USS " Leahy " through CGN - 38 USS " Virginia " were designated DLG or DLGN ( Guided Missile Frigate ( Nuclear powered ) ) . They were redesignated cruisers in the 1975 ship reclassification . CGN - 39 USS " Texas " and CGN - 40 USS " Mississippi " were laid down as DLGNs but redesignated CGN before commissioning . CG - 47 " Ticonderoga " and CG - 48 " Yorktown " were ordered as guided missile destroyers ( DDG ) but were redesignated to guided missile cruisers ( CG ) before any ship was laid down . CGN - 9 " Long Beach " , CGN - 41 " Arkansas " and CG - 49 through 73 were ordered , laid down and delivered as guided missile cruisers . " Long Beach " was the only cruiser since World War II built on a true " cruiser hull " , and for over ten years was the only new - build guided missile cruiser in the fleet . , only CG - 52 through CG - 73 remain in active service . See also List of light cruisers of the United States . By hull number < br > Armored Cruisers . " Note : in the pre - 1920 period abbreviations were informal and nonstandardized ; officially these ships were , e . g . , " Armored Cruiser No . 1 " " Protected and Peace cruisers . " Note : in the pre - 1920 period abbreviations were informal and nonstandardized ; officially these ships were , e . g . , " Cruiser No . 1 " " Scout cruisers . " Note : in the pre - 1920 period abbreviations were informal and nonstandardized ; officially these ships were , e . g . , " Scout Cruiser No . 1 " , and sometimes abbreviated SC or CS " CG - 15 skipped to redesignate the " Leahy " class frigates without renumbering CG - 43 to CG - 46 skipped to allow redesignation of DDG - 47 " Ticonderoga " without renumbering . By name < br >