USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)
Ticonderoga-class cruiser
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USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) is 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... Wikipedia
Length: 567′
Launched: June 13, 1992
Construction started: April 22, 1991
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Commissioned: 18 September 1993
Decommissioned: 4 August 2022
Displacement: 9,600 long tons (9,800 t)