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Cruiser Vicksburg Is Almost Done With Modernization, But Still Set For Decommissioning

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Cruiser Vicksburg Is Almost Done With Modernization, But Still Set For Decommissioning
USS Vicksburg (CG-69) moored at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. after returning home from a deployment in July 2015 (Photo: U.S. Navy by Lt. j. g. Victoria Einbinder/Released)

A Ticonderoga-class cruiser is almost finished with hundreds of millions of dollars of modernization work, but the Navy is still seeking to decommission it next year. During a House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee on Wednesday, Ranking Member Rob Wittman (R-Va.) asked Navy officials how far along the USS Vicksburg (CG-69) and Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD-46) are in their modernization maintenance availabilities. Navy officials were testifying on the Navy’s fiscal year 2023 budget request.…

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