基本參數
排水量: 滿負荷時 9466 噸。(前五艘9590噸)
長: 172.8米 (567英尺)
船幅: 16.8米 (55英尺)
吃水深度: 9.7米 (32英尺)
推進力: 4 × 通用電力LM2500 燃氣渦輪機;80,000軸馬力(60兆瓦); 2 x shafts.
航速: 32.5節 (60公里/小時)
航程: 20節(37公里/小時)時 6,000海里(11,000公里);30節(56公里/小時)時 3,300海里(6,000公里)。
定員: 19名軍官,368名士兵
武備: 2 x Mk-45 127mm艦炮; 2 x 20mm Mark 15 密集陣近程武器系統; 2 x Mark 26雙臂飛彈發射架 + 44 枚SM-2表準II飛彈;自CG- CG-52始使用2具61單元Mark 41遲滯發射系統替換,可根據任務混合攜帶ASROC反潛火箭,Tomahawk戰斧,SM-2以及ESSM改進型海麻雀飛彈。
艦載機: 2 x 西科斯基 SH-60 海鷹 LAMPS III 艦載直升機
雷達: 4 x SPY-1B多功能相控陣雷達(CG 52-58時為SPY-1A), SPS-49(V)6 2-D對空搜索,SPQ-9A搜索
聲吶: SQQ-89(V)3 suite with SQS-53 LF active/passive bow mounted, SQR-19 TACTAS towed array (SQS-53A in CG 54-55, SQS-53B in CG 56-60, SQS-53C in CG 61-73) (CG 52-53: SQS-53A only)
電子作戰: SLQ-32(V)3 intercept/jammer, Mk36 or Mk50 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasure.
安裝了Aegis神盾系統的提康德羅加級巡洋艦 warships use phased-array radar; the increased combat capability offered by the Aegis combat system and the AN/SPY-1 radar system justified the changing of the classification of Ticonderoga and Yorktown from DDG (導彈驅逐艦) to CG (導彈 巡洋艦). Vincennes and Valley Forge may or may not have been authorized as DDGs; regardless, the DDG sequence continued with USS Arleigh Burke as DDG-51.
除了增加 雷達 capability, 從 Thomas S. Gates號起的提康德羅加級 are outfitted with two Vertical Launching System (or VLS). The two VLS systems allow the ship to have 127 launch tubes that can carry a wide variety of missiles, including the Tomahawk cruise missile, the Standard surface-to-air missile, and the ASROC anti-submarine missile. However, more importantly, the VLS system enables all missiles to be fully standing by at any given time, shortening the ship's reaction time. The rest have MK. 26 twin arm launchers.
前五艘本級艦在2004年到2006年退休。另外22艘較新的本級艦 (CG-52 to CG-73) will be upgraded to keep them combat-relevant, 每一艘可以服役35年 [1].