The Ticos, which borrow their hull-form from the long-gone Spruance-class destroyers, are old and wearing out.The Navy has fixed superstructure cracking, replaced old pipes and machinery and ...

Artist’s concept of a DDG-51 Flight III with AMDR. Raytheon Photo. THE PENTAGON – The Navy will buy the first of its Future Surface Combatants in 2023 – a large warship that will be built to ...

“According to a photo published last Friday by the official Facebook page of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Spruance, at least ...

Zumwalt also depended on some tech that had not been perfected. DDG(X) only uses existing, proven tech. DDG(X) will not only replace the Burkes but also the 9600-ton CG Ticonderoga class cruisers.

Ticonderoga-class Cruiser Profile. ... The Ticonderogas were initially scheduled to be destroyers and were designed around the Spruance-class destroyer hull.

The Spruance class of destroyers had a legacy combat system, but a new hull and gas turbine propulsion plant. The Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers (CGs) ...

Navy officials said the USS Spruance, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, departed Naval Base San Diego Saturday to support southern border operations.

The Navy built the first Aegis cruisers using the hull and machinery designs of Spruance class destroyers. The commissioning of USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) ...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) transits San Diego Bay for a scheduled employment to the U.S. Northern Command area of responsibility on March 22, 2025.

My first job after graduating from the US Naval Academy in the late 1970s was as the anti-submarine warfare officer on a new Spruance class destroyer. The ship was bristling with equipment to hunt ...

ONR's most recent Cheapskate Prize for affordability goes to a stern flap design for Spruance and Ticonderoga class destroyers. The stern flap -- a relatively small extension of the hull bottom ...