<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-USS Vella Gulf CG-72 iyisikebhe esiqhutshwa ngamasosha esiqondiswayo esakhelwe i-United States Navy futhi esisebenza nayo. Uyisikebhe sesibili esiqanjwe ngeMpi yaseVella Gulf, impi yasolwandle e-  <response>: Umkhankaso weSolomon weMpi Yezwe II, owokuqala waba ngumthwali we-escort owaqashwa ngo-1945. Wabekwa phansi ngomhlaka 22 Ephreli 1991 ePascagoula, eMississippi, yiLitton Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding Division; wethulwa ngomhlaka 13 Juni 1992; exhaswe nguMary A. McCauley, unkosikazi kaVice Admiral William F. McCauley osethathe umhlalaphansi; futhi waqashwa eceleni kwePier 12, Naval Operating Base NOB eNorfolk, eVirginia, ngomhlaka 18 Septhemba 1993. 