California IN BRIEF : SAN DIEGO : Home Port for New Navy Cruiser Named

The newly commissioned Chancellorsville, an Aegis guided missile cruiser named for the Civil War battle fought near the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers in Virginia in May, 1863, is to be based in San Diego. At commissioning ceremonies at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., over the weekend, Sen. Charles Robb (D-Va.) lauded Navy technology. “In a world that is shrinking before our very eyes,” he said, “defense of the sea lanes is a prerequisite. We must be prepared to enforce free movement on the world’s oceans with naval power where necessary. We must not be lulled into complacency by recent internal events in the Soviet Union. We can’t afford not to be able and ready.”