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 US Navy's Ticonderoga-class cruisers are the largest and most well armed of its surface fleet. But the Navy has spent nearly a decade trying to get rid of its cruisers, arguing they are expensive ...

The cruiser USS Bunker Hill – one of the first American warships to attack Iraq with cruise missiles during the Persian Gulf War in 1991 – was decommissioned Friday at Naval Base San Diego, ending 37 ...

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 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 ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy is extending the service life of three guided-missile cruisers that would have been retired in 2026, keeping the Ticonderoga-class ships in the fleet for another three years. The ...

HMS Belfast' It's a 12,000 tonne light cruiser moored on the River Thames in the middle of London. It's the last surviving vessel of its kind from the Second World War. It was involved in the sinking ...

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