Sea Classics, January 1st, 2005
Latest worldwide Maritime and Naval happenings Friends, family members, plankowners and former crew members said farewell to USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), as she was decommissioned in a traditional Navy ceremony at her homeport, Naval Station Pascagoula, on 30 September. With current crew members manning the rails just prior to the ship's demanning, R/Adm. Charles Bush, program executive officer for Integrated Warfare Systems on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations, told the crew and assembled guests, "We are not going to talk of sadness today. We are going to celebrate the storied accompli...
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