Naval Station Mayport might be on track to keep several ships threatened with decommissioning.
The House of Representatives has moved to save at least five littoral combat ships in a vote that sunk an amendment to the defense authorization bill.
Admiral Mike Gilday told the Armed Services Committee in May that the freedom-class LCS has an anti-submarine warfare system that “did not work out technically.” Naval Station Mayport is home to more than half a dozen LCSs. The newest one - the USS Minneapolis-St. Paul - just arrived this week, commissioned this spring.Decommissioning most of the LCS vessels due to technology issues doesn’t work for members of Congress who voted this week. They were given a 25-year lifespan by manufacturers.
Rutherford tweeted Thursday night, “I will continue my fight to save all 9 LCS and to prevent further misuse of taxpayer dollars.”
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