The missile was utilized by ships equipped with the Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System. Four were converted to guided missile destroyers. Von Braun was appointed Chief of the Guided Missile Development Division. Two of each of the guided missile cruiser-classes had enlarged superstructures to serve as flagships. The converted cruiser was the lead ship of the new Albany guided missile cruiser class. This class also served as the basis for the guided missile destroyer. ATAK combat helicopters with an indigenous guided missile. USS "Michael Monsoor" (DDG-1001) is the second ship of the of guided missile destroyers. His early operational assignments were in guided missile destroyers. She conducted an open sea missile exercise with the guided missile destroyers and . In the mid-1950s Convair began studies of a man portable infrared guided missile. Cruisers and guided missile cruisers CG are a type of warship. SSGNs are guided missile submarines which carry conventional Tomahawk cruise missiles. The guided missile and radar picket boats were never exported. SPIKE anti-tank guided missile systems.