The strike cruiser (proposed hull designator: CSGN) was a proposal from DARPA for a class of cruisers in the late 1970s. The proposal was for the Strike Cruiser to be a guided missile attack cruiser with a displacement of around , armed and equipped with the Aegis combat system, the SM-2, Harpoon anti-ship missile, the Tomahawk missile, and the Mk71 8-inch gun. A prototype strike cruiser was to be the refurbished ; at a cost of roughly $800 million, however this never came to pass. Originally, eight to twelve strike cruisers were projected. The class would have been complemented by the Aegis-equipped fleet defense (DDG-47) version of the . Plagued with design difficulties and escalating cost, the project was canceled in the closing days of the Ford administration. After the cancellation of the class, the Aegis destroyers were expanded into the (CG-47) Aegis cruiser program. See also Arsenal ship DD21 CG(X) (CGN-42 variant) Cruiser Baseline List of cruisers of the United States Navy Notes External links Letters to Antiwar.com Strike Cruiser (CSGN)- GlobalSecurity.org Statement by Ronald O'Rourke before the House Armed Services Committee, 6 April 2006 CSGN-1 "Strike Cruiser" class - Harpoon HQ Shipbucket.com: USS Long Beach CSGN Refit CGN-42-class CSGN CGN-42-class CSGN 1974 CSGN 1974 CSGN 1976 CSGN Photobucket - Shipbucket: USS Long Beach CSGN Refit Virginia-class CSGN Virginia-class CSGN 1974 CSGN 1974 CSGN 1976 CSGN CSGN Chart Ship types Cancelled ships of the United States Navy Cold War cruisers of the United States