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Navy To Release 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan With FY19 Defense Budget, Brings Charges Against DDG Commanders

Navy To Release 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan With FY19 Defense Budget, Brings Charges Against DDG Commanders
Richard V. Spencer, former Secretary of the Navy. He resigned on November 24, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy).

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) told Congress on Thursday that a new 30-year shipbuilding plan will be delivered to the legislature next month along with the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2019 defense budget.Adm. John Richardson affirmed this in questioning before the House Armed Services Committee about surface warfare alongside Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer. The hearing particularly focused on actions resulting from the investigations into the deadly USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) and Fitzgerald (DDG-62) mishaps.Rep. Bradley Byrne…

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