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 ...

They were always there to protect us when we were flying back to the carriers,’ said Jack Allen of Escondido, who flew F-8 Crusaders during the Vietnam War. ‘Cruisers had a way ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SWEETWATER COUNTY -- From America’s entry into World War II in December of 1941 to the end of the conflict early in September, 1945, the United States Navy surged from under 340,000 officers and ...

Guided-missile cruiser USS Hué City (CG-66) was inducted into the Cruiser Modernization program on Oct. 3, 2019. US Navy Photo The Navy’s push to retire seven guided-missile cruisers stems from ...

The utility that submarines showed during World War I prompted navies to build many variants. One was cruiser submarines, which relied on large deck guns as much as they did on torpedoes. Navies ...

The guided-missile cruiser USS 'Princeton' in the Persian Gulf in 2020. In just three years starting in mid-2017, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy launched eight new Type 055 cruisers.

The U.S. Navy sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the second such transit in two weeks and the fifth so far this year. The guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal steamed through the ...