The Navy built the first Aegis cruisers using the hull and machinery designs of Spruance class destroyers. The commissioning of USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) opened a new era in surface warfare as the ...

Twenty-seven Ticonderoga-class cruisers were built ... the increased combat capability offered by the Aegis Combat System and ...

these ships were the first designed at the project stage to incorporate the AEGIS combat management system. The Ticonderoga-class cruisers, accepted into service a few years earlier, were ...