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Navy Plans To Sell Six LCSs In Next Two Years

Navy Plans To Sell Six LCSs In Next Two Years
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 Navy’s latest FY 2024 30-year shipbuilding plan revealed the Navy plans to sell six Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) it has been planning to decommission. The plan noted the FY 2024 budget request seeks to decommission 11 ships next year so that it “frees up additional resources for shipbuilding and other priorities.” Notably, the Navy seeks to decommission the even-numbered Independence-variant USS Jackson (LCS-6) and Montgomery (LCS-8) in 2024, which are only nine and eight years old, respectively. The ships…

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