CC-25 Cerro Punta

Mount Tapochau Class Command Ship

CC-21 Mount Tapochau CC-22 Matafao CC-23 Lata CC-24 Mount Lamlam CC-25 Cerro Punta CC-26 Mount Bordeaux

Hull and propulsion: Shared with CGBL ~14000 tons full displacement LOA 650 feet Beam 69 feet Aviation Large Hanger, sized for two H-60s, helipad sized for V-22 & H-3 operations Speed 30+ knots Crew: ~30 officers, ~270 enlisted Air Staff: ~10 officers, ~40 enlisted Command Staff: ~50 officers, ~300 enlisted Weapons: 16 Mk 41 VLS Cells (Strike Length) 4 Mk 38 Mod 2 Gun mounts 2 Mk 32 SVTT 2 100kW Laser CWIS Electronics: SMART-L, HAMMR, and a wide range of signals collection and communications gear.

Developed from the CG-74 class cruiser, the CC-21 class fills the role of command ship in the modern American Navy. Named after the tallest mountains on different American Islands, the class was planned to replaced the Blue Ridge class while offering a higher speed platform. The ship's limited self-defense capabilities were selected in part to avoid the ships being tasked to perform mission better suited for a destroyer or a full cruiser, while at the same time allowing the ships to protect themselves if under threat by an opposing force. These ships, commissioned in the early 2000s have often been criticized for their lack of crew space, and for their higher than needed speed. Both of these criticisms can be traced to the use of the CG-74 hull, which was selected because in the mid-late 1990s, it was the only class of military ships that were under procurement that had marginal hull size to complete the command ship mission, and was on-time and under-budget.