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From: v059l49z@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Paul C Stacy)
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Subject: VLS (was Re: *** United States Military Forces in Kuwaiti Theatre)
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From: v059l49z@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Paul C Stacy)

In article <1991Feb28.051401.8781@cbnews.att.com>, cos00119@dcsc.dla.mil (LCDR Harry A. Deamer) writes...
>The LEYTE GULF is CG-55; PRINCETON CG-59. All cruisers with hull numbers
>from CG-47 on are TICONDEROGA class with the Vertical Launch System
>(VLS). My reference, NAVSUP P-365, does not list a USS MARTINSBURG,


Just as a correction, TICONDEROGA-class cruisers don't have VLS until you
get up to CG-53 (either Bunker Hill or Valley Forge come to mind.)

Are there plans to retrofit early ships?  Can/may/will they put it in Kidd-
class destoyers?  Viginia-class cruisers?




				Paul "Joe Friday" Stacy