USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)
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title:
USS Vella Gulf (CG-72)
text:
USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) was a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser that served with the United States Navy. She was the second ship named for the Battle of Vella Gulf, a naval engagement in the Solomons campaign of World War II, the first being USS Vella Gulf (CVE-111), an escort carrier commissioned in 1945. The ship's keel was laid down on 22 April 1991 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by Ingalls Shipbuilding, then a division of Litton Industries. She was launched on 13 June 1992, sponsored by M
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Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vella_Gulf_(CG-72)
date created:
2004-06-08T18:13:25Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T14:45:41Z
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