USS Leyte Gulf returned home after its last deployment, concluding nearly four decades of service. The guided-missile cruiser patrolled the South Atlantic to counter drug trafficking in the region.

The Navy cruiser Leyte Gulf wrapped up its final deployment on May 17, 2024, when it returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Manvir Gill/Navy) The Navy ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) returned to Naval Station Norfolk on Friday, completing its final deployment before it is scheduled to be decommissioned later this ...

NORFOLK, Va. — USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) departed Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday, embarking on an independent deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, according to a release from the U.S.

In the fall of 1944, the Japanese launched their most ambitious and desperate naval plan to halt the Allied advance. With the ...

The USS Leyte Gulf is headed south. The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser deployed Sunday from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., to the 4th Fleet area of operations, which includes the Caribbean and ...

With the benefit of hindsight, the Allies may have seemed well on their way to victory by the latter half of 1944. In truth, there were still at least two big battles left to fight. In Europe, the ...

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Guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf returned Friday to Naval Station Norfolk for the last time as the Navy prepares to decommission the warship later this year. The cruiser departed Jan. 28 from its ...