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THE PENTAGON – The Navy wants to purchase nine battle force ships and decommission eight hulls in its Fiscal Year 2024 budget request. The proposal, formally unveiled today at the Pentagon, is asking for $255.8 billion for the Department of the Navy – $53.2 billion for the Marine Corps and $202.5 billion for the Navy. […] ....
The budget request calls for the purchase of two Virginia-class attack submarines, two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, two Constellation-class frigates, one John Lewis-class oiler and one submarine tender. It also includes a second Columbia-class, ballistic-missile submarine. ....
Some 8,500 people turned out on Dec. 16, 2017, to watch the commissioning of the new $440 million USS Little Rock. That now appears to have been the ship’s only bright moment. Not even six years later, the USS Little Rock will be decommissioned on March 31. ....
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2022. This year saw the U.S. Navy moving down an acquisition path with more certainty than in 2021. With the Biden administration embarking on its second budget cycle, the U.S. Navy released its first long-range shipbuilding plan in several years, providing […] ....