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The battle demonstrated that warships could reduce shore fortifications that conventional military wisdom considered impregnable, changing the calculus of coastal defense for the rest of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePort Royal had a memorable moment of her own on 5 February 2009, when she ran aground on a reef near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during a routine transit. The grounding caused approximately $40 million in damage. The commanding officer and executive officer were both relieved. The incident was investigated and attributed to a failure of navigation watchstanding procedures. Port Royal was repaired and returned to service, serving through subsequent deployments despite the career consequences the grounding imposed on her leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the last Ticonderoga built, Port Royal represents the end of a class that transformed surface warfare. 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