Arleigh Burke Flight III

That's likely to cause a fair row, given that far more capable cruisers are being retired on age grounds.
 
It's going to cost a lot more to refurbish and upgrade those Burkes.
 
Grey Havoc said:
That's likely to cause a fair row, given that far more capable cruisers are being retired on age grounds.
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The cruisers are generally even older and in any case, the primary driver of retirement is material conditions, not outright age.
 
Grey Havoc said:
It's going to cost a lot more to refurbish and upgrade those Burkes.
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Than what? Upgrading the Ticos? Probably not. And again, the biggest issues are probably structural not electronic. Ticos are very top heavy; Burkes have significant stability advantages.
 
Grey Havoc said:
It's going to cost a lot more to refurbish and upgrade those Burkes.
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As a rule of thumb the older a ship the more difficult and expensive to upgrade. There are all sorts of things that usually don't need work or replacement that need to be replaced, things that it was never planned to replace in their service lives.
 
Grey Havoc said:
It's going to cost a lot more to refurbish and upgrade those Burkes.
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Every time the Ticos go out they come back with cracks in the tank deck. The hulls are just clapped out. You can upgrade the electronics all you want, but eventually a Tico is going to get into a storm and just flat-out break in half the way things are going with those hulls.
 
Key point - the 3 whose service lives are being extended have just (for 2) and will soon (for the third) finish their full modernization:
“All three cruisers received extensive hull, mechanical and engineering, as well as combat system upgrades as part of an extended modernization program,” according to a service statement published today. “USS Gettysburg (CG-64) and USS Chosin (CG-65) completed modernization in fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, respectively. USS Cape St. George (CG-71) is on schedule to complete modernization this fiscal year.”

“As a former cruiser sailor, I know the incredible value these highly-capable warships bring to the fleet and I am proud of their many decades of service,” Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said in the statement. “After learning hard lessons from the cruiser modernization program, we are only extending ships that have completed modernization and have the material readiness needed to continue advancing our Navy’s mission.”
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Josh_TN said:
So these will be the last three cruisers left in 2028?
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Yes but the retirements are only delayed by approx 3 years for each vessel. Per the link above the extension buys 10 years of cumulative ship service although haven't seen how that actually splits across the three.
 

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