Four cruisers scheduled to leave service because of budget cuts will remain running -- at least for now. One of the four, the Cowpens, launched two Standard SM-2 missiles simultaneously during exercises last week in the Western Pacific. (MC3 Paul Kelly / U.S. Navy)
Four Aegis missile cruisers scheduled to end their active careers in March will instead be kept in service, the U.S. Navy said Sept. 26.
The ships — the Cowpens, Anzio, Vicksburg and Port Royal — were to be decommissioned as part of a budget drawdown.
But three of the four congressional defense committees objected to the cuts, expressing concerns about weakening the fleet.
The Navy, while acknowledging “fiscal and readiness implications” in keeping the ships in service, has agreed to keep the ships running — for now.
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