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FY 23 Budget: Navy Wants to Shed 24 Ships for $3.6B in Savings Over Next Five Years

THE PENTAGON – The Navy wants to decommission 24 ships in the upcoming fiscal year to save $3.6 billion over the next five years, the service announced today.

As part of its Fiscal Year 2023 budget request, the Navy plans to decommission nine Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships, five Ticonderoga-class cruisers, two Los Angeles-class submarines, four Landing Dock Ships, two oilers and two Expeditionary Transfer Docks. [...] Explaining the LCS decommissionings, Navy deputy assistant secretary for budget Rear Adm. John Gumbleton cited the service’s decision to abandon the anti-submarine warfare mission package for the LCS class because the Constellation-class frigate will have that capability. [...]

The first Constellation-class frigate isn’t slated to deliver until 2026 and won’t reach initial operating capability until 2030. [...] Asked about decommissioning the nine LCS, Meredith Berger, who is currently performing the duties of the under secretary of the Navy, said doing so allows the Navy to “free ourselves of some really costly repairs and maintenance.”

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/28/fy-23-b...five-years

Scheint so, als wenn sich die LCS-Geschichte als ein eher recht teures, aber letztlich wenig sinnvolles Projekt herausstellt. Als Lückenfüller für die FFGs zwar noch halbwegs "verkaufbar", aber insgesamt weniger überzeugend als zu Beginn vermutet...

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