Nuclear-powered cruiser, originally DLGN-36. Dual-reactor plant with unlimited endurance. Upgraded with Tomahawk cruise missiles during the 1980s modernization. Pacific Fleet operations throughout the Cold War.

Sister ship of California, originally DLGN-37. Nuclear power plant gave both ships the ability to operate with carrier battle groups indefinitely without refueling. Decommissioned 1999 as the Navy ended nuclear surface combatant operations outside carriers.