[andyk]

Hard to believe that an AEGIS cruiser like the Vincennes is mothballed.

That kind of caught me off guard also. It seems like yesterday I was reading about it being in the Persian Gulf.

[Jeff Head]

See my post 24. I feel similarly about all the Spruance class ships that have been decommmissioned. They are still world class and very capable, 15 or more years of service life left in them. We have already scrapped or sunk (in naval exercises) quite a few of those.