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USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) was a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser that served with the United States Navy.She was the second ship named for the Battle of Vella Gulf, a naval engagement in the Solomons campaign of World War II, the first being USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111), an escort carrier commissioned in 1945.
The names of these are sometimes incorrectly reported as Vela Gulf. The first USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111) was an escort carrier in service for just over a year, during 1945 and 1946. The second USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) was a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1993. She was decommissioned in 2022, pending a decision on her fate.
USS Vella Gulf was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy, originally named Totem Bay.The Commencement Bay class were built during World War II, and were an improvement over the earlier Sangamon class, which were converted from oil tankers.
Cruisers like the USS Normandy play key roles in carrier strike groups. ... USS Vella Gulf lasted just one week into a deployment before leaks in a fuel tank required it to return to port ...
[14] The budget did not specify which cruisers could be retired, and the Navy ultimately chose to retire Monterey (CG-61), Hué City (CG-66), Anzio (CG-68), Vella Gulf (CG-72), and Port Royal (CG-73). In April 2022, the Navy requested to retire all 17 remaining cruisers by the end of Fiscal Year 2027. [15] The schedule was as follows:
USS Simpson (FFG-56) Oliver Hazard Perry: Frigate: Stricken, final disposition pending. USS Tornado (PC-14) Cyclone: Patrol Ship: Stricken, final disposition pending. USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) Ticonderoga: Cruiser: Stricken, final disposition pending. USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) Whidbey Island: Dock Landing Ship: Out of commission, in reserve. USS ...
USS Canberra (CAG-2) USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) USS Providence (CLG-6) USS Albany (CG-10) Artist conception of Strike cruiser Mark I variant (1976 version) With the exception of the purpose-built nuclear powered guided missile cruiser Long Beach, all of the early guided missile cruisers were converted heavy or light cruisers from the World War ...
After six years, the cruiser USS Gettysburg is out of the BAE shipyard after an overhaul that should keep the 30-year-old ship in action into the late 2030s. The Navy has been trying for years to ...