The U.S. Navy is rapidly retiring its Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers, a move that is creating a dilemma between ...

The Pentagon said it's done with "political" ship naming. The move follows a number of name changes at US Army bases.

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 ...

The Ticonderoga-class ships built after USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) included two Mark 41 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS), which equipped the vessels with 122 missile storage and launching tubes ...

Ticonderoga-Class Cruisers Set for Decommissioning Amid Fleet Modernization. The commissioning of the USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) in January 1983 ushered in a new era for the United States Navy.

Three Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers that would have been retired from the Navy in 2026, including the USS Gettysburg, will now serve in the fleet for another three years.

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 ...

Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) participate in the ship’s decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego on Aug. 27, 2024.