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Navy/USMC

Navy Renews Case To Retire Cruisers

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, April 29th, 2013

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Despite recent opposition in Congress, the Navy is making a second push for the early decommissioning of seven Ticonderoga-class (CG-47) cruisers, saying Friday that the declining fiscal environment makes doing so now even more critical than when the idea was originally proposed last year. The Navy this week sent shipbuilding plans to Congress that show plans to retire the seven CG-47s in fiscal 2015, a plan that quickly came under questioning on Capitol Hill. The Navy wanted to initiate decommissioning…

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