Back in 2015, the guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg began a lengthy modernization process that was supposed to enable the warship’s service life to be extended into the 2030s. The congressionally ...

US Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill in the South China Sea, April 9, 2021. US Navy/MCS3 Ethan Jaymes Morrow The US Navy's Ticonderoga-class cruisers are the largest and most well armed of ...

Key Points - The U.S. Navy is rapidly retiring its Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers, a move that is creating a dilemma between modernizing the fleet and maintaining current firepower. -These ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy wasted nearly $2 billion rehabilitating four aging cruisers that were ultimately decommissioned, according to a scathing report by a federal watchdog. Since 2015, the Navy has ...

The US Navy wasted almost $2 billion on a failed effort to upgrade its cruisers, a watchdog report found. Four Ticonderoga-class vessels in the program were decommissioned before refits were completed ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy is rapidly retiring its powerful Ticonderoga-class cruisers, sparking a debate over fleet size in the face of a rising China. -However, the program intended to ...

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When the U.S. Navy commissions a new warship, it's not typically at a low cost to American taxpayers. Modern military vessels are incredibly complex machines featuring millions of moving parts, weapon ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Navy intended to replace its troublesome Ticonderoga-class fleet with the ill-fated CG(X) next-generation cruiser program, canceled in 2010 in favor of the Flight ...

The guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg underway in 2013, before it began a lengthy and expensive modernization effort. (Navy) Back in 2015, the guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg began a lengthy ...