18.11.2006, 13:38
Die USS Valley Forge, vierter Ticonderoga-Kreuzer (im Volksmund: Aegis-Kreuzer) ist als Zielschiff versenkt worden:
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Zitat:Aegis ship sunk on target range
By Christopher P. Cavas
Staff writer
The first Navy Aegis ship to be sent to Davey Jones’ locker now rests on the bottom of the Pacific, done in by a combination of missiles and gunfire.
The decommissioned cruiser Valley Forge was sunk as part of a Nov. 2 target practice on a test range near Kauai, Hawaii, according to the U.S. Pacific Fleet.