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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Navy cruisers go into 'laid up' status at Pearl Harbor

USS Port RoyalA 20-year-old guided-missile cruiser will join two other ships in “laid up” status at Pearl Harbor.

The USS Port Royal, along with the USS Lake Erie and the USS Chosin, is among 11 Navy cruisers that will be placed on reduced operating status while they are modernized, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday.

The Navy has attempted to retire the Port Royal, the newest guided-missile cruiser in the Ticonderoga class, since it grounded in 2009 off Honolulu Airport’s Reef Runway, but Congress has resisted the move.

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