Ex-Vicksburg, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser that once carried hull number CG-69, is headed for the breakers. She left the Philadelphia Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility under tow on Sept. 30, 2026, bound for Brownsville, Texas, for dismantling.
The ship spent the last eight years of her Navy career in the cruiser modernization program and never returned to the fleet. USNI News put the cost of that work at $754.1 million…