Summary and Key Points: Defense expert Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, evaluates the retirement of the Ticonderoga-class ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy is rapidly retiring its powerful Ticonderoga-class cruisers, sparking a debate over fleet size in the face of a rising China. -However, the program intended to ...

The guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg underway in 2013, before it began a lengthy and expensive modernization effort. (Navy) Back in 2015, the guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg began a lengthy ...

San Diego – Falling in love can happen in a snap. Dave Hatzenbuehler knows this from the way he responded nearly a half-century ago upon noticing a big, brooding presence in San Diego Bay. He’d caught ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy wasted nearly $2 billion rehabilitating four aging cruisers that were ultimately decommissioned, according to a scathing report by a federal watchdog. Since 2015, the Navy has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. US Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam in the South China Sea.Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class ...

When the U.S. Navy commissions a new warship, it's not typically at a low cost to American taxpayers. Modern military vessels are incredibly complex machines featuring millions of moving parts, weapon ...

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 ...

SWEETWATER COUNTY -- From America’s entry into World War II in December of 1941 to the end of the conflict early in September, 1945, the United States Navy surged from under 340,000 officers and ...