Despite its advanced features and significant upgrades, Long Beach was decommissioned in the 1990s, marking the end of an era for U.S. Navy cruisers. USS Long Beach (CGN-9) was a ship of firsts ...
The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG-58 ... the Navy plans to retire its 13 remaining Ticonderoga-class cruisers by 2029. "As these ships are phased out, as they age out, they ...