Oddly enough, she now rests under the same waters I took those pictures:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Valley_Forge_(CG-50)
The ship was decommissioned on 31 August 2004 at San Diego Naval Station, the first ship with the Aegis combat system withdrawn from service. Valley Forge was sunk on 2 November 2006 as part of a target practice on a test range near Kauai, Hawaii
One last time:
