guided missile cruiser
Americannoun
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A ship identifying itself as the USS Lake Erie - a guided missile cruiser - last transmitted its location in the Caribbean Sea on 30 August, east of the Panama Canal on 30 August.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
On 13 April 2022, explosions wracked the Russian guided missile cruiser Moskva as it sailed the Black Sea more than 100 kilometers south of the Ukrainian city of Odesa.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 17, 2023
The three Chinese ships, which included a guided missile cruiser, and four Russian vessels, including a destroyer, were detected in an area inside the U.S. exclusive economic zone.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
Two Navy reconnaissance ships recently conducted surveys in the sea prior to the visit in late November of the USS Chancellorsville, a guided missile cruiser, according to U.S. defense officials.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
Four powerful vessels - the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli and the guided missile cruiser USS Antietnam are east of Taiwan, Reuters has confirmed.
From Reuters ● Aug. 5, 2022
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