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Navy Broke Procedure In Attempt to Decommission Cruisers, GAO Says

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Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

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Navy Broke Procedure In Attempt to Decommission Cruisers, GAO Says

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

The Navy did not properly follow its own procedures when it proposed decommissioning seven cruisers and two amphibious dock landing ships two years ago to account for how the early retirements would impact capability gaps, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Wednesday. The GAO report (GAO-14-412) said the Navy’s policy calls for a decision memorandum to address why it’s best to decommission the ships and to outline plans to deal with any gaps in capability, but did…

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