Type 82, Long Beach and the first Ticonderogas

How does Type 82 compare with Long Beach and American guided-missile ships?

Long Beach is treated as a larger cruiser comparison, while the first five Ticonderogas are placed nearer Type 82's broad capability range, with greater missile-launch capacity.

Long Beach is identified as a cruiser, and Type 82 is described in relation to Type 42 as resembling a destroyer leader. Alex then refers to the Ticonderoga design and places its first five ships in the broad comparison with Type 82. He credits the American ships with more surface-to-air launch capacity while noting that the navies wanted different capabilities. His criticism of Type 82 concerns the effect of economy on its design. The American class names are indistinct in several captions, leaving the Tico and first-five references as the clearest identification.