USS Independence (LCS 2) of the General Dynamics Independence Class (front right) and USS Freedom (LCS 1) of the Lockheed Martin Freedom Class littoral combat ships. Naval-Technology.com
David Axe, National Interest: It's Official: The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Is a Complete Failure
Here come the frigates.
The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship was supposed to be cheap, fast, flexible and easy to build.
But after spending $30 billion over a period of around two decades, the U.S. Navy has managed to acquire just 35 of the 3,000-ton-displacement vessels.
Sixteen were in service as of late 2018. Of those 16, four are test ships. Six are training ships. In 2019 just six LCSs, in theory, are deployable.
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WNU Editor: Mike Burleson at his blog New Wars (archived here) predicted all of this over ten years ago.
4 comments:
Dang, I miss New Wars.
Donate the LCS fleet to the USCG. Then if we just gotta have frigate-sized ships, restart Perry class construction. Its not necessary to reinvent the wheel every time we need new warships.
Russ
You got it. B-52. The steel pterodactylus. Still going and stronger than ever.
That makes two of us Adam. :(
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