Meanings of guided-missile cruiser in English

Earlier this month, China denied a request by the U.S. Navy transport dock ship Green Bay and guided-missile cruiser Lake Erie to visit Hong Kong.

China confirmed that one of its warships had a near collision with a US guided-missile cruiser, the USS Cowpens, which had been shadowing the country'(...)

The disaster was reminiscent of a 1988 incident in which the American guided-missile cruiser USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian airliner, killing 290 people.