NORFOLK, Va. — The guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) returned to Naval Station Norfolk on Friday, completing its final deployment before it is scheduled to be decommissioned later this ...

USS Leyte Gulf returned home after its last deployment, concluding nearly four decades of service. The guided-missile cruiser patrolled the South Atlantic to counter drug trafficking in the region.

NORFOLK, Va. — When the USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) pulled into Naval Station Norfolk Saturday morning, there were smiles, hugs, and tears. Families were relieved to have their loved ones back home safe at ...

The Navy cruiser Leyte Gulf wrapped up its final deployment on May 17, 2024, when it returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Manvir Gill/Navy) The Navy ...

The USS Leyte Gulf is one of the U.S. Navy vessels visiting Baltimore this week for the Maryland Fleet Week and Air Show.WBAL-TV 11's Omar Jimenez boarded a helicopter early Wednesday to be taken to ...

Bill Ford was below decks shining his shoes on the afternoon of Oct. 16, 1953. His ship, the USS Leyte, was undergoing conversion from an aircraft carrier to an antisubmarine carrier when an explosion ...

A 26-year-old sailor aboard the USS Leyte Gulf died at sea one week after he deployed from Naval Station Norfolk as part of the USS George H.W. Bush Strike Group. Nicholas Woods, a sonar technician, ...

Guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf returned Friday to Naval Station Norfolk for the last time as the Navy prepares to decommission the warship later this year. The cruiser departed Jan. 28 from its ...