Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - USS "Vella Gulf" (CG-72) he kaipuke rererangi rererangi i hangaia mo, me te mahi tahi, me te United States Navy. Ko ia te kaipuke tuarua i tapaina mo te Pakanga o Vella Gulf, he pakanga moana i roto i te pakanga a Solomon
o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ko te tuatahi he kaipuke kawe waka i tukuna i te 1945. I whakatakotoria ia i te 22 Paenga-whāwhā 1991 i Pascagoula, Mississippi, e Litton Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding Division; i whakarewahia i te 13 Pipiri 1992; i tautokohia e Mary A. McCauley, wahine a Vice Admiral William F. McCauley (Ret.); a i tukuna i te taha o Pier 12, Naval Operating Base (NOB) Norfolk, Virginia i te 18 Mahuru 1993.