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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The 'Ticonderoga'-class guided-missile cruiser USS 'Chancellorsville' sails behind the aircraft carrier USS 'Ronald Reagan' in 2018. There is, at first glance, a stark difference between the world’s ...

Guided-missile cruiser USS Hué City (CG-66) was inducted into the Cruiser Modernization program on Oct. 3, 2019. US Navy Photo This post has been updated to clarify the timeline for the Flight III ...

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 ...