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The U.S. Navy’s Big Ticonderoga-Class Mistake Still Stings

The U.S. Navy’s ambitious Cruiser Modernization Program for its aging Ticonderoga-class ships was a high-profile failure. -A ...
Yahoo

These are the missile cruisers the US Navy spent $1.84 billion to upgrade just to throw them away

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 ...
Yahoo

The Navy’s continuing cruiser debacle

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 ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Navy is retiring the last of its storied cruisers. To San Diego veterans, they were ‘the pinnacle of naval power.’

Falling in love can happen in a snap. Dave Hatzenbuehler knows this from the way he responded nearly a half-century ago upon noticing a big, brooding presence in San Diego Bay. He’d caught sight of a ...
Navy Times

Navy extending service lives of three cruisers

The guided-missile cruiser Chosin breaks away from the dry cargo ship Washington Chambers during an at-sea demonstration of the Transferrable Reload At-sea Method (TRAM) while underway in the Pacific ...
KPBS

San Diego Navy cruiser captain fired for 'loss of confidence'

The guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) transits San Diego Bay, Nov.18, 2019. The commanding officer of the San Diego-based guided-missile cruiser Lake Erie was relieved of command due to a ...
The Daily News Online

Navy is retiring the last of its storied cruisers. To San Diego veterans, they were ‘the pinnacle of naval power’

SAN DIEGO — Falling in love can happen in a snap. Dave Hatzenbuehler knows this from the way he responded nearly a half-century ago upon noticing a big, brooding presence in San Diego Bay. He’d caught ...