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House Appropriators ‘Incensed’ By LCS Retirements, Explain Shipbuilding Decisions And Budget Cuts In Report

House Appropriators ‘Incensed’ By LCS Retirements, Explain Shipbuilding Decisions And Budget Cuts In Report
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS-6) transits the Pacific Ocean on Oct. 18, 2021 on a rotation deployment with Destroyer Squadron Seven in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M. Langer)

The House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) report on its draft of the fiscal year 2025 defense appropriations bill expressed severe displeasure with how the Navy is decommissioning Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) early and why it decided to maintain or cut Navy shipbuilding funding on various programs. The first ship-based comment noted HAC is “incensed that, despite repeated rejections by Congress, the Navy is once again proposing to decommission several Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) well before the end of their…

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