This list of cruisers of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called "cruiser". Since the nomenclature predates the hull numbering system, and there were several confusing renumberings and renamings, there are multiple entries referring to the same physical ship.
A '*' following the entry indicates a ship that was cancelled before completion.
Heavy cruisers CA-149 and CA-151 to CA-153, and light cruisers CL-154 to CL-159 were cancelled before being named.
The missing numbers in the guided-missile cruiser series, 43-46, were not used so that DDG-47 Ticonderoga and DDG-48 Yorktown could be redesignated without re-numbering. Likewise, CG-13, CG-14 and CG-15 were skipped so the Leahy-class guided missile frigates (DLG-16 class) could be redesignated without renumbering.
CG-1 through 8 and CG-10 through 12 were converted from World War II cruisers. CAG-1 USS Boston and CAG-2 USS Canberra retained most of their World War II-vintage gun armament and were later returned to their gun cruiser designations CA-69 and CA-70. Before 30 June 1975, CG-16 USS Leahy through CGN-38 USS Virginia were designated DLG(N) (Guided Missile Frigate (Nuclear powered)). They were redesignated cruisers in the 1975 fleet realignment. CGN-39 USS South Carolina and CGN-40 USS Mississippi were laid down as DLGNs but redesignated CGN before commissioning. CG-47 USS Ticonderoga through CG-50 USS Valley Forge were ordered as guided missile destroyers (DDG) but were redesignated to guided missile cruisers (CG) before any ship was laid down. CGN-9, CGN-41 and CG-51 through 74 were ordered, laid down and delivered as guided missile cruisers.