Keywords: VSTOL Guided Missile Cruiser CG VSTOL 1980.jpg en Another cruiser alternative studied in the late 1980s was variously entitled a Mission Essential Unit MEU or CG V/STOL In a return to the thoughts of the independent operations cruiser-carriers of the 1930s and the Russian Kiev class the ship was fitted with a hangar elevators and a flight deck The mission systems were Aegis SQS-53 sonar 12 SV-22 ASW aircraft and 200 VLS cells The resulting ship had a waterline length of 700 feet a waterline beam of 97 feet and a displacement of about 25 000 tons http //www globalsecurity org/military/systems/ship/cruiser-cold-war htm Cruisers in the Cold War - 1945-1990 - GlobalSecurity org Official U S Navy Image 1982 Public Domian Flight deck cruiser proposals Cruisers of the United States PD-USGov-Military-Navy Artist's impressions of watercraft |