The Freedom-class littoral combat ship Detroit is one of several LCS the Navy wants to inactivate in fiscal 2022. (Navy)
Warzone/The Drive: This Is The Navy's Timeline For Ridding Itself Of Four More Littoral Combat Ships
The Navy wants to decommission another four LCS warships, the youngest of which has served for less than four years.
The latest blow has been struck to the U.S. Navy’s troubled Littoral Combat Ship, or LCS, program, with the service’s announcement that it wants to get rid of another four of the warships by March 22 next year. This is in addition to the first two LCS ships that are already heading to a very early retirement. The Navy has put this proposed timeline on the deactivation of three Freedom class variants, USS Fort Worth (LCS-3), USS Detroit (LCS-7), and USS Little Rock (LCS-9), and one Independence class vessel, USS Coronado (LCS-4). The youngest of these — USS Little Rock — will only have been in service for a little over four years when it’s withdrawn.
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WNU Editor: Here are the 22 ships that the U.S. Navy plans to inactivate in fiscal 2022 .... Here are the ships the Navy wants to inactivate in fiscal 2022 (Navy Times).
Update: It looks like 3 of the 4 LCS warships are going to be saved .... House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships (Defense News).
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"USS Little Rock — will only have been in service for a little over four years when it’s withdrawn."
So the Little Rock was ordered built during the Omama administration sand now they want to decommission it.
There are 4 good reasons to decommission it.
1) The overall federal debt level.
2) "and the cost to update them and make them combat-ready is significant — around $2.5 billion, in total, according to Navy officials." We can save the money there and waste it somewhere else.
But it is a good argument. Also logistics will be more expensive for ships of different updates.
3) Afford different, more up to date weapons systems.
4) FMS might mean we still 'have" the ships as part of a combined fleet, if our allies buy them. Kind of like the ABDA combined fleet that was sunk.
On the negative side if war breaks out with our peers we might not have enough hulls. Out needs might in terms of days or weeks or at best months and we would have to wait 1 or 2 years for new vessels.
Anyone doubt President Demented has the money saved already spent for a democrat wish list item?
Didn't we establish a navy for Afghanistan?
Just askin'.
We established a space for Afghanistan, too.
The Afghan Space Marines are expected to make earth fall any day now and wipe out the Taliban.
Just sayin'.
*force*
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