I thought we had a buttload of '70's and '80's-production Spruance and Perry types laid up. Not to mention a bunch of '70's-era 1052-class (Knox class) FFG's, which were the immediate predecessors of the Perry class.
Plus all the big DLG's re-rated CLG from the 60's and 70's -- the Belknaps and Dahlgrens and Harry Yarnalls; what happened to them?
targets for cruise missile tests, reefs, torpedo excersizes..