The Navy’s cruiser modification plan will upgrade three ships — the USS Gettysburg, USS Chosin and USS Cape St. George for the price of $1.9 billion. Originally, all 11 cruisers were meant to ...

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 ...

Seaman Kenneth Wood, aboard the guided-missile cruiser Hue City. (MC2 Matthew R. Cole/Navy) The U.S. Navy has wasted $1.84 billion since 2015 on rehabilitating its Ticonderoga class guided-missile ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy is extending the service life of three guided-missile cruisers that would have been retired in 2026, keeping the Ticonderoga-class ships in the fleet for another three years.

The Navy cruiser Leyte Gulf wrapped up its final deployment on May 17, 2024, when it returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. (MC2 Manvir Gill/U.S. Navy) The Navy decommissioned the 37-year ...

The Navy hasn’t publicly said when the Cape St. George will be ready to deploy. But the ship is part of a deeply troubled $3.7 billion effort to modernize seven Ticonderoga-class cruisers and ...

The U.S. Navy has wasted $1.84 billion since 2015 on rehabilitating its Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruisers, funds the service would rather have spent on newer technology, according to a ...