Future
The US Navy is planning to retire Vicksburg along with eight (8) other Ticonderoga Class Cruisers and three (3) Whidbey Island dock landing ships (LSDs) in fiscal year 2013 as budget cuts are set to strike the U.S. Defense Department.
The ship was scheduled to be decommissioned on March 31, 2013. Language inserted into the FY13 House of Representatives Defense Bill retains Vickburg and two other of her sister ships that were slated for decommissioning. Retaining the ships in the active fleet is not supported by the United States Secretary of Defense, and final outcome will be determined by the final FY13 Defense Bill negotiated with the United States Senate.
Read more about this topic: USS Vicksburg (CG-69)
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