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Courtney Leads Push Against Navy Request For Only One Sub In 2025

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Courtney Leads Push Against Navy Request For Only One Sub In 2025
The Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) North Dakota (SSN 784) is moored in the graving dock at General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard moments before its christening ceremony in November 2013. (Photo: U.S. Navy by John Narewski)

The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee this week led a push against the Navy’s 2025 budget request seeking only one attack submarine (SSN) instead of two. Ahead of a Wednesday hearing on the Navy’s budget, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) shared a memo with his committee colleagues outlining the consequences of cutting the previously planned two Virginia-class submarines in FY ‘25 and arguing against some Navy justifications for the change, including upward trends in…

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