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 ...

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 ...

Amphibious assault ships support ground operations on hostile shores, carrying helicopters, vertical/short takeoff aircraft, and landing craft. Modern designs feature a well deck, allowing landing ...

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 ...

The Navy cruiser Leyte Gulf wrapped up its final deployment on May 17, 2024, when it returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Manvir Gill/Navy) The Navy ...

The Navy confirmed Monday that Lake Champlain, an aging guided-missile cruiser that played a role in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, returned to San Diego Friday for a final time ahead of ...

The US military has been steadily massing a large number of troops, naval and air assets in the Caribbean over the last two ...

A 33-year-old Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, the USS Cowpens, was decommissioned this week at Naval Base San Diego, the Navy announced. The Cowpens participated in many operations and ...

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LOS ANGELES – A Navy guided missile cruiser hit by a malfunctioning drone during a training exercise returned to San Diego, where investigators will assess the damage and determine what went wrong, a ...

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 ...