The Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64). (U.S. Navy) “For example, according to OPNAV officials, the Navy deferred cruiser maintenance periods during the 2000s due to the ...

A government watchdog report released Tuesday highlights problems in the U.S. Navy’s yearslong, multi-billion dollar Ticonderoga class cruiser modernization program. The Government Accountability ...

Since 2015, the Navy has spent about $3.7 billion modernizing seven Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruisers. But only three will be delivered back to fleet, and none will gain five service life ...

An ambitious 12-year plan to modernize the Navy’s aging guided-missile Ticonderoga-class cruiser fleet wasted $1.84 billion in attempting to fix ships that the service ultimately chose to ...

Seaman Kenneth Wood, aboard the guided-missile cruiser Hue City. (MC2 Matthew R. Cole/Navy) The U.S. Navy has wasted $1.84 billion since 2015 on rehabilitating its Ticonderoga class guided-missile ...

The U.S. Navy has wasted $1.84 billion since 2015 on rehabilitating its Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruisers, funds the service would rather have spent on newer technology, according to a ...