U.S. Navy’s Most Heavily Armed Combat Ships Being Scrapped Without Replacement After Failed $3.7 Billion ‘Hail Mary’ Life Extension Program

U.S. Navy’s Most Heavily Armed Combat Ships Being Scrapped Without Replacement After Failed $3.7 Billion ‘Hail Mary’ Life Extension Program

The Ticonderoga-class cruiser, the most heavily armed surface warship in the U.S. Navy, is almost gone. The newest inactivation list sends two more out this year, shrinking the class toward its last three survivors. When the final one hauls down its pennant, the Navy will operate no cruisers at all for the first time in generations, and nothing in the fleet will match their firepower.