USS Bainbridge CGN-25 started out as a DLGN.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bainbridge_(CGN-25)
CGN made more sense given its displacement and dimensions.
Got a link on the refitting of the Kirovs? I though several were decommissioned.
I think this is the most recent article on the Kirovs. Previous articles go back two years, disagreeing throughout on the number of ships to be refit. One ship of that class is still active and it appears that refit work is beginning on the best of the remaining three. Questions linger about the condition of the other two hulls, as well as the challenges and costs involved with crewing these ships, once completed.
Russia has certainly been into displays of power projection lately, so I'm sure that we'll see at least two Kirovs refit.