The U.S. Navy announced that the guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville
(CG 62) will join the Forward Deployed Naval Forces in Yokosuka, Japan.
As part of the U.S. Navy's long-range plan to send the most advanced
and capable units to the Asia-Pacific, Chancellorsville will leave her
homeport of San Diego and deploy to Yokosuka in the summer of 2015.
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Chancellorsville
completed a combat systems update through the Navy's Cruiser Modernization
program, making her among the most capable ships of her class. She is
fitted with the latest Aegis Baseline 9 combat system, and will be the
first to be forward deployed with that capability. The Baseline 9 suite
of capabilities includes state-of-the-art air, surface, and undersea
warfare systems needed to directly support the carrier strike group.
This ship, along with her counterparts in the Japan Self-Defense Forces,
makes up part of the core capabilities needed by the alliance to meet
our common strategic objectives. |