The deployment of USS Gettysburg comes as a carrier strike group is also heading to the region, while Trump denies he is ...

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 ...

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 Type 055’s focus on anti-ship weapons would likely give it an edge over the American warship in combat. The US-China rivalry is heating up as never before. With China expanding beyond the First ...

The U.S. Navy’s Lexington-class battlecruisers were authorized in 1916 as America’s answer to the global naval arms race.

The Navy cruiser Leyte Gulf wrapped up its final deployment on May 17, 2024, when it returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Manvir Gill/Navy) The Navy ...

A 33-year-old Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, the USS Cowpens, was decommissioned this week at Naval Base San Diego, the Navy announced. The Cowpens participated in many operations and ...

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The US Navy is trying to retire all of its guided-missile cruisers by 2027. US cruisers are specialized for air defense and are among the best-armed naval ships in service. Lawmakers are dismayed by ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s California-class cruisers, developed in the 1970s, were among the first nuclear-powered missile cruisers and were designed to counter the growing Soviet ...

LOS ANGELES – A Navy guided missile cruiser hit by a malfunctioning drone during a training exercise returned to San Diego, where investigators will assess the damage and determine what went wrong, a ...

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 ...