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Collins Stands Firm Against Altering Navy’s DDG-1000 Plans

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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said it would be a "disaster" to pass on building future DDG-1000s in favor of another Navy ship, and pledged to remain a strong voice for maintaining the service's plans for the destroyers that House members have proposed tweaking. The Navy wants $2.55 billion in fiscal year 2009 to buy a third DDG-1000, and its 30-year shipbuilding plan calls for seven of the destroyers in total. House Appropriations Defense subcommittee Chairman John Murtha…

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