USS Truxtun (CGN-35)
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The USS Truxtun (DLGN-35) was a nuclear powered cruiser in the U.S. Navy. It was named for Commodore Thomas Truxtun (1755-1822), was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 17 June 1963, launched on 19 December 1964 by Mrs. Kirby H. Tappan and Mrs. Scott Umstead and commissioned on 27 May 1967. USS Truxtun was reclassified as a guided missile armed cruiser on 30 June 1975 and designated CGN-35. This ship, along with all the other nuclear powered cruisers have since been decommissioned.
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