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Belknap-class [r]: "Single-ended" (i.e., missiles forward and guns aft) U.S. Navy cruisers, conventionally powered, original area defense surface-to-air missiles were RIM-2 Terrier replaced by RIM-67 Standard SM-1, both rail-launched