USS Cowpens holds cruiser modernization induction

San Diego (UPI) Sep 29, 2015
The guided-missile cruiser US Cowpens (CG 63) was inducted as the first naval ship to undergo a significant modernization effort, the U.S. Navy announced on Monday. The ship went through the Phased Modernization Program. This is designed to balance the Navy's long-term requirement for a carrier strike group air defense commander platform. The ship's capabilities have been refitted for m

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