(06-26-2021 10:23 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(06-25-2021 07:24 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  The Navy is planning to decommission 15 ships (14 warships) this year:

- 7 Ticonderoga cruisers at ages ranging from 28-34 years, design life 35 years, no replacement
- 4 LCSs at ages ranging from 5-10 years, good riddance
- 1 LSD at age 37, design life 40
- 2 SSNs at ages 34 and 37, design life 35
- 1 fleet tug at 41 years

The Navy is building 8 ships (4 warships) this year:

- 2 Virginia-class submarines
- 1 Burke-class destroyer
- 1 Constellation-class frigate
- 1 John Lewis-class oiler
- 1 ocean surveillance ship
- 2 Navajo class towing, salvage, and rescue ships

Net decreases of 7 ships and 10 warships. I am beginning to think the Navy doesn't want to be a navy any more.

FWIW---this is why I keep thinking we need to figure out how to make the LCS useful for our current world landscape. On a minimally related topic---I've been amused watching videos on YouTube discussing the absolute mess the Aussie's have made of trying to procure submarines to replace their 6 aging front line subs from the 1980's. lol---They might have made a bigger mess of it than we did with the LCS. At least we arent alone in doing dumb crap.

I kinda wish we'd just agree to build them some Virginia class boats. Seems like that would be a win if we have a dozen more Virginia's in the South China Sea that we didnt have to pay for. Wouldnt hurt is we also made them upgrading their Canberra's to handle the F-35 a mandatory part of the deal. That would give China 3 more light carriers to worry about at no expense to ourselves. Problem is, even if we wanted to, we dont really have the ship building capacity that would allow us build excess production to sell off while meeting our own needs.

I remember seeing that they were going in with the French on AIP diesel electric boats a few years ago, what happened with that?