The U.S. Navy cruiser USS Valley Forge (CG-50). The fourth of twelve Aegis guided missile cruisers contracted by the U.S. Navy for construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi will be commissioned into the US Fleet on January 18. The
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