Contributed by Else Martin
1994 – Ingalls, 5 delivered total 317 vessels delivered to date.
Jan 31 — USS Port Royal (CG 73) Aegis Guided Missile Cruiser, U. S. Navy
![Pacific Battleship Center - Battleship USS Iowa's photo.](https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/q85/s480x480/11043539_10153482500727269_7210005653983889270_n.jpg?oh=426d5264c8a96be7f82fed3dccfc7467&oe=562B6016)
July 9th, 1994 — USS Port Royal (CG 73) is commissioned at Savannah, Ga. The guided-missile cruiser is the 27th and last ship of the Ticonderoga-class cruisers.Named after American Revolutionary and Civil War battles at Port Royal Sound, S.C., the ship is homeported at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
#navyhistoryoftheday