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House Appropriations Bill Would Block Retiring Five LCSs

House Appropriations Bill Would Block Retiring Five LCSs
The future USS Wichita (LCS-13) conducts acceptance trials in Lake Michigan in July 2018. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The House Appropriations Defense subcommittee’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2023 defense spending bill would prevent the Navy from retiring five Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) as the service plans requested. The Navy’s FY ‘23 budget request and 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan outline the Navy’s plans to retire 24 ships total in 2023, including nine odd-numbered Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), five Ticonderoga-class cruisers, four Whidbey Island/Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ships (LSDs), two submarines, two oilers, and two Expeditionary Transfer Docks (ESDs) (Defense…

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