SAN DIEGO — The Navy confirmed Monday that Lake Champlain, an aging guided-missile cruiser that played a role in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, returned to San Diego on Friday for a final time ahead of decommissioning.
The warship, which has operated out of San Diego for decades, had been slated to go out of service in March. The decommissioning could occur later this year.
Lake Champlain is a 567-foot Ticonderoga-class cruiser, a once widely used type of ship that is being phased out by the Navy.
