Decommissioned Navy Cruisers Could Be The Answer To Guam’s Missile Defense Needs
Mooring retired Ticonderoga class cruisers around Guam could offer an efficient way to greatly expand the island’s missile defense umbrella.
Tag: Cruisers
British Carrier Joins Forces With U.S. Flattop And Amphibious Assault Ship In Gulf Of Aden
HMS Queen Elizabeth joined American and Dutch warships in the Gulf of Aden, an important maritime crossroads.
The Navy’s First Aegis Warship USS Ticonderoga Is Being Scrapped
This historic ship has been awaiting its final fate since it was decommissioned in 2004 after just over two decades of service.
Congress Pushes Back On Stunning Navy Plan To Cut Destroyers, Cruisers, Subs, And More
The U.S. Navy could scale back purchases of new destroyers, attack submarines, frigates, cargo ships, as well as retire early a number of cruisers and littoral combat ships, under a new budget plan taking shape in the Pentagon. The ostensible goal of the proposal is to free up funds for other shipbuilding efforts, including new fleets of unmanned surface and undersea vehicles, but the service is already finding itself in battle with Congress over funding priorities before it has even finalized its pitch.
Navy Eyes Yet Another Arleigh Burke Destroyer Variant After Warship Plans Hit Snags
The U.S. Navy says that it is considering purchases of a new derivative of the Arleigh Burke class destroyer that is even more advanced than the up-coming Flight III versions. This comes the service admits that it might not even begin buying its future Large Surface Combatants, or LSCs, which it expects to replace its Arleigh Burkes and its Ticonderoga class cruisers, until 2026.
Everything We Know About The Near Collision Between U.S. And Russian Warships In The Pacific
The U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Chancellorsville and the Russian Navy’s Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Vinogradov almost had a near collision in the Philippine Sea earlier today. Pictures and video show the two ships coming dangerously close to hitting each other and the Navy says Chancellorsville had to fully reverse its engines to avoid a serious accident.
Here Is The Navy’s Ultra Ambitious New Plan To Get To 355 Ships In Just 15 Years
The service will face huge challenges in meeting that goal and just sustaining those vessels will cost many billions more than it spends now.
The Navy May Use One Hull Design To Replace Its Cruisers And Some Destroyers
There’s nowhere left to go with the Arleigh Burke design, meaning the service will have to find a new ship to meet its energy-hungry demands.
Russia’s Northern Fleet Brings The Fireworks In This “Explosive” Year In Review Video
The short but intense montage shows off various ships and their missiles, guns, close-in protection systems, and more.
US Navy Plans to Cut Cruisers by Half Amid Reports One Became Like a “Floating Prison”
Retiring the Ticonderogas could exacerbate the dangerously unhealthy stress on the service’s other warships.