Ticonderoga-class

GAO report slams Navy cruiser modernization efforts

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that is sharply critical of a Navy cruiser modernization program that began when Congress rejected Navy proposals made in 2012 and 2013 to retire several of the ships and instead provided funding to modernize them.

In response, says GAO, the Navy planned to use a phased approach to modernization that would extend 11 cruisers’ service life by five years and upgrade the vessels’ combat capability. The Navy originally planned to...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/gao-report-slams-navy-cruiser-modernization-efforts/

SECNAV, CNO Pushing Plans to Decommission 11 Warships in Fiscal Year 2024

USS Vicksburg (CG-69) getting repaired at BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Va., on April 8, 2022. Christopher P. Cavas Photo used with permission

THE PENTAGON – After unveiling a budget that wants to decommission 11 warships next year, Navy officials are appealing to the public to allow the service to move ahead with their proposal.

Officials last week reiterated the Navy’s divest-to-invest approach, which argues the service needs to shed older ships to invest in newer capabilities and platforms.

https://news.usni.org/2023/03/20/secnav-cno-pushing-plans-to-decommission-11-warships-in-fiscal-year-2024

US Navy cruiser renamed after Civil War-era African-American ship captain

US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has confirmed that the US Navy Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser formerly named USS Chancellorsville will be renamed USS R ..

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China Criticizes U.S. Navy Taiwan Strait Transits, F-35B ‘Lightning Carrier’ USS Tripoli Now in South China Sea

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) transits the East China Sea during routine underway operations on Aug. 28. US Navy Photo

Two U.S.warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday — the first since Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) visited Taiwan, sparking increased tensions between Washington and Beijing.

USS Antietam (CG-54) and USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) sailed through the Taiwan Strait, according to a Saturday press release from 7th Fleet....

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/29/china-criticizes-u-s-navy-taiwan-strait-transits-f-35b-lightning-carrier-uss-tripoli-now-in-south-china-sea

Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | August 10 – New fast cutter for US Coast Guard, US Navy and Guyana Defence Force vessel orders

A new multi-role cutter has been delivered to the US Coast Guard as the US Navy and the Guyana military place orders for additional vessels. Meanwhile, a veteran US Navy ..

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Maritime aspects of China’s response to Pelosi Taiwan visit

China’s air and maritime response to the recent visit of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan has received massive media coverage. Much of it has ..

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USS Vella Gulf Becomes First of Five Ticonderoga-Class Cruisers to Decommission This Year

Sailors and former shipmates stand in formation during the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) decommissioning ceremony, Aug. 4, 2022, in Norfolk, Va. US Navy Photo

Nearly 29 years ago, USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) sat in the waters around Norfolk, Va., waiting to be commissioned into the Navy.

The ship sat in the same waters Thursday, this time for its decommissioning ceremony as its current crew and plankowners said goodbye to the ship.

When Vella Gulf commissioned, every sailor wanted to...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/05/uss-vella-gulf-becomes-first-of-five-ticonderoga-class-cruisers-to-decommission-this-year

Senate Appropriators Call for GAO Probe into Navy’s Budget Tactic to ‘Deliberately Underfund Programs’

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) launching at Ingalls Shipbuilding on June 5, 2021. HII Photo

Senate appropriators are worried about the Navy’s budget tactics and are calling upon the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study to address their concerns.

The Senate Appropriations Committee wants the comptroller general, which leads the GAO, to assess the procedures both the Navy and the Pentagon’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) use when...

https://news.usni.org/2021/10/20/senate-appropriators-call-for-gao-probe-into-navys-budget-tactic-to-deliberately-underfund-programs

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