The 36-years-young cruiser Leyte Gulf completed its final deployment last week and is slated to be decommissioned later this year.
A lengthy and costly effort to modernize the aging cruisers has not gone as planned, the Navy admits.
The littoral combat ship Sioux City cost $460 million and was retired after less than five years of service.
The almost 37-year-old guided-missile cruiser was decommissioned Thursday.
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