Many of the remaining FFGs did not even get the remote 25mm. I served on a FFG out of San Diego and I could only recall one out of three or four that had it. The rest of us had the crew served versions installed on the starboard side for deployments.
I believe the missiles were removed because of maintenance costs and the government wanted to keep a stockpile of missiles for future foreign military sales. Now the massive missile magazine space is used as a mega store room for the supply department.
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