---
title: "This Navy Cruiser Plows Through Some Nasty Swells Like A Boss"
description: "Someone should really shut that hatch."
date: "2016-05-09"
modified: "2016-05-09"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway"
url: "https://www.twz.com/3370/this-navy-cruiser-plows-through-some-nasty-swells-like-a-boss"
categories:
  - "AEGIS Combat System"
  - "Cruisers"
  - "Navies"
  - "Sea"
  - "Ticonderoga Class"
  - "U.S. Navy"
tags:
  - "Cruisers"
  - "Rough Seas"
  - "Ships"
  - "Ticonderoga Class"
  - "US Navy"
  - "Uss Bunker Hill"
---

# This Navy Cruiser Plows Through Some Nasty Swells Like A Boss

![](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-twz/content/archive-images/cs1ddsc.jpg>)
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Even with all the tech packed into a U.S. Navy [AEGIS combat system equipped](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Combat_System>) Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser, it still has to fight the rough seas like any other vessel.

The Ticos were the first class to be built around AEGIS, but they were not an entirely clean-sheet design. Their hull-form and many of their machine systems were borrowed from the [Spruance class destroyer](<https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-destroyer-is-the-worlds-largest-remote-controlled-1663603212>). Because of that, the more massive Ticos have larger crews and more prominent command and control missions compared to the Spruance class. Additionally, the need to mount the large SPY-1 phased-array radars as high up on the ship's superstructure as possible didn't help with the class's top-heavy look.

![spruance\_and\_ticonderoga\_lead\_ships\_in\_class.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/spruance_and_ticonderoga_lead_ships_in_class.jpg>)
*A Spruance class Destroyer sits next to a Ticonderoga class Cruiser, which shares its hull-form., *USN**

From certain angles, the Ticos may appear somewhat overbuilt, but they slice through the water pretty damn efficiently—even in rough seas. Case in point: The video below, shot in the South China Sea, shows the *USS Bunker Hill* (CG-52) attempting [an underway replenishment](<https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-photo-shows-one-of-the-navys-huge-floating-gas-sta-1741334192>) in some pretty nasty conditions.

https://youtube.com/embed/XnvQk0rm0rA

That is a lot of ship full of a lot of weaponry pitching up and down. Because of the Ticonderoga class's high-set bridge, I bet the ride was especially fun for her bridge crew. Still, at least they weren't being battered by the waves like those sailors on the deck trying to resupply the ship while underway—[a fairly delicate process](<https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/you-think-your-commute-sucks-try-a-highline-transfer-b-1684164256>), even without the heavy seas.

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## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

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