141210-N-JE719-007 SOUDA BAY, Greece (Dec. 10, 2014) The guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) pulls into the Marathi NATO pier facility during a port visit. Leyte Gulf, homeported in Norfolk, ...

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 ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — Nerf balls spurted from torpedo tubes, flares soared from missile launch towers and the Navy’s newest, most technologically advanced fighting ship was brought to life on Saturday at ...

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 ...

Like many other sailors in World War II, Edmon Porter ofOceanside didn’t know what mission his ship was on when he wasrousted out of bed at 2 a.m. that October night in 1944. “They shook me awake and ...

NORFOLK, Va. — When the USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) pulled into Naval Station Norfolk Saturday morning, there were smiles, hugs, and tears. Families were relieved to have their loved ones back home safe at ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Leyte was “the last great naval battle” of World War II. It broke the back of Japanese sea power, finishing what the Philippine Sea started. It forced the IJN into ...

Strategists in China make a habit of engrossing themselves in history. Betimes ideology tinges the findings they coax from the historical record, as one might expect from citizens of a communist ...