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SECNAV Wants To Save Three Of Five Cruisers Planned For Decommission

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SECNAV Wants To Save Three Of Five Cruisers Planned For Decommission
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG-63) operating in the South China Sea in 2013. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Secretary of the Navy last Friday told a House panel that out of the five cruisers the Navy is seeking to decommission in fiscal year 2024, he would like to add resources to extend three of their lives, but two of them are beyond saving. The Navy’s fiscal year 2024 30-year shipbuilding plan outlined plans to inactivate the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam (CG-54), Leyte Gulf (CG-55), Cowpens (CG-63), Shiloh (CG-67) and Vicksburg (CG-69) two to three years earlier…

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