The Navy's continuing cruiser debacle
A lengthy and costly effort to modernize the aging cruisers has not gone as planned, the Navy admits.
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A lengthy and costly effort to modernize the aging cruisers has not gone as planned, the Navy admits.
USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), the 11th ship of the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser, has been decommissioned after more than 37 years of naval service.
After 37 years of service to the US Navy and the United States of America, the USS Bunker Hill is retired.
USNI News Search for: Home » Budget Industry » Navy ‘Struggling’ to Modernize Aging Cruiser Fleet As Tight Budgets Push Pentagon to Shed Legacy Platforms Navy ‘Struggling’ to Modernize Aging Cruiser Fleet As Tight Budgets Push Pentagon to Shed Legacy Platforms April 5, 2021 6:44 PM 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 DDGs’ entry to the fleet. A plan to keep the Navy’s guided-missile cruiser fleet operating through the e...