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Navy Looks To Retire 10 Ships Early In FY ‘25

Tuesday, March 12th, 2024

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Navy Looks To Retire 10 Ships Early In FY ‘25

The USS Lake Erie (CG-70) cruiser. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy’s fiscal year 2025 budget request seeks to retire 10 ships earlier than planned after a hull-by-hull analysis, officials said. The Navy is looking to decommission the Ticonderoga-class USS Shiloh (CG-67) and Lake Erie (CG-70), both within two to three years of planned service lives; the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships USS Jackson (LCS-6) and USS Montgomery (LCS-8); the USS Germantown (LSD-42) Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship, which is a year out from its expected service life; the four oldest…

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