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House Panel Would Restrict Navy LCS Cuts And Private Maintenance Program

Friday, July 10th, 2020

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House Panel Would Restrict Navy LCS Cuts And Private Maintenance Program

The USS Independence (LCS-2). (Photo: U.S. Navy(

The House Appropriations Defense panel’s fiscal year 2021 draft bill recommends preventing the Navy from decommissioning any Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) and restricts a pilot private ship maintenance program. The LCS provision prohibits using funds to decommission any LCSs, a stronger measure that in the House Armed Services Committee’s draft defense authorization bill. The authorization bill would prohibit the Navy Secretary from retiring the third and fourth vessels, USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) and USS Coronado (LCS-4), until after certifying each LCS mission module…

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