With the retirement of the last battleship two decades ago, cruisers are the US Navy's largest and best-armed surface combatants.

The US Navy wasted almost $2 billion on a failed effort to upgrade its cruisers, a watchdog report found. Four Ticonderoga-class vessels in the program were decommissioned before refits were ...

The US Navy wasted almost $2 billion on a failed effort to upgrade its cruisers, a watchdog report found. Four Ticonderoga-class vessels in the program were decommissioned before refits were ...

Although the extent of the damage to the USS New Orleans is unknown, it will likely sideline a vital component of the US Navy ...

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 ...

The Navy faces competing investment needs in the surface fleet, with so many options to upgrade and extend current ships while also developing future ones.

Navy is retiring the last of its storied cruisers. To San Diego veterans, they were ‘the pinnacle of naval power.’ 'They were always there to protect us when we were flying back to the ...

The US Navy wants new cruisers to host an air defense commander staff within the carrier strike group and for more large weapons, and to hold a very large radar. In 2006, the RAND corporation found ...