Consider the Princeton: Did she have propulsion, combat systems, or power right after the blast? How long did it take to recover combat capability after the blast?
Could she have defended against a cruise missile (or simple bomber or missile boat) AFTER that hit?
This source says she was vulnerable for two hours:
http://navysite.de/cg/cg59.html
During the sweeping of Iraqi mines, USS TRIPOLI hit a moored contact mine in 30 meters of water.
USS AVENGER and USS LEADER attempted to assist the damaged warship while USS PRINCETON still provided air defense.
At 0715 USS PRINCETON hit a Manta mine in 16 meters of water. A sympathetic actuation of another mine about 350 yards from USS PRINCETON occurred about three seconds later. These mine blasts caused substantial damage to USS PRINCETON, including a cracked superstructure, severe deck buckling, and a damaged propeller shaft and rudder.
As damage control teams overcame fires and flooding aboard USS TRIPOLI and USS PRINCETON, the minesweepers USS IMPERVIOUS (MSO 449), USS LEADER, and USS AVENGER searched for additional mines in the area. The minesweeper USS ADROIT (MSO 509) led the salvage ship USS BEAUFORT (ATS 2) toward USS PRINCETON; USS BEAUFORT then towed the damaged warship to safety.
USS PRINCETON restored her TLAM strike and Aegis AAW capabilities within two hours of the mine strike and reassumed duties as the local AAW commander, providing air defense for the Coalition MCM group for 30 additional hours until relieved by the USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50).
See, here the Princeton was dead: Cracked superstructure, busted shaft, no AAW capability for two hours after ONE mine explosion (under her) and a second a few hundred yards away.
USS Stark was out of action after ONE hit.