This list of cruisers 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 cancelled before completion.
Heavy cruisers CA-149 and CA-151 to CA-153, and light cruisers CL-154 to CL-159 were cancelled before being named.
The missing numbers in the guided-missile cruiser series, 43-46, were not used so that DDG-47 Ticonderoga and DDG-48 Yorktown could be redesignated without re-numbering. Likewise, CG-13, CG-14 and CG-15 were skipped so the Leahy-class guided missile frigates (DLG-16 class) could be redesignated without renumbering.
Estimating how much needs to be spent on homeland security in order to effectively protect the UnitedStates from terrorist attacks is an extremely difficult taskfar beyond the scope of this brief overview of the administrations funding request for FY 2008.
Given the enormous challenges related to homeland security that the UnitedStates faces, it is possible that substantially more funding may be needed than has been proposed by the administration.
A strong case can be made that the UnitedStates should take steps to create a new strategic-strike triad, relying on its precision- and electronic-strike capabilities to form two of the three legs, with a smaller residual nuclear force comprising the third leg.
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