If we want to cut some waste, start with this POS...a 440 mill/unit naval vessel...

If the contracts for this boondoggle are suddenly canceled, folk will run screaming about the loss of good paying shipyard jobs. But let's face the facts....building these ships amounts to little more than welfare/workfare pseudo-job creation for the folk involved. Why are so many buggy and overpriced weapon systems with bad performance reports kept in our bloated arsenal...?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ships-costing-u-s---37-billion-lack-firepower--navy-told-154342721.html


The U.S. Navy’s troubled Littoral Combat Ship, a vessel intended to be small and speedy for use in shallow waters close to shore, lacks the firepower it needs, a top U.S. navy commander said in a classified memo.

Vice Admiral Tom Copeman, the commander of naval surface forces, called on the Navy to consider a ship with more offensive capability after the first 24 vessels are built, according to a Navy official who asked not to be identified discussing the confidential document.

Copeman’s memo, prepared late last year at the request of Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the chief of naval operations, indicates the Navy may be starting to re-examine the $37 billion program. The ship has been beset by troubles, including cracks and corrosion, its price has doubled since 2005 to $440 million per vessel and a decision to build two versions will add to longterm operating costs.

Maritime Park needs a ferry..........

binac wrote:If the contracts for this boondoggle are suddenly canceled, folk will run screaming about the loss of good paying shipyard jobs. But let's face the facts....building these ships amounts to little more than welfare/workfare pseudo-job creation for the folk involved. Why are so many buggy and overpriced weapon systems with bad performance reports kept in our bloated arsenal...?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ships-costing-u-s---37-billion-lack-firepower--navy-told-154342721.html


The U.S. Navy’s troubled Littoral Combat Ship, a vessel intended to be small and speedy for use in shallow waters close to shore, lacks the firepower it needs, a top U.S. navy commander said in a classified memo.



Vice Admiral Tom Copeman, the commander of naval surface forces, called on the Navy to consider a ship with more offensive capability after the first 24 vessels are built, according to a Navy official who asked not to be identified discussing the confidential document.

Copeman’s memo, prepared late last year at the request of Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the chief of naval operations, indicates the Navy may be starting to re-examine the $37 billion program. The ship has been beset by troubles, including cracks and corrosion, its price has doubled since 2005 to $440 million per vessel and a decision to build two versions will add to longterm operating costs.

The Military-Industrial- Complex runs this country.

2seaoat wrote:Maritime Park needs a ferry..........

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I thought they already hired one to clean the mens rooms. (rim-shot)

William wrote:If the contracts for this boondoggle are suddenly canceled, folk will run screaming about the loss of good paying shipyard jobs. But let's face the facts....building these ships amounts to little more than welfare/workfare pseudo-job creation for the folk involved. Why are so many buggy and overpriced weapon systems with bad performance reports kept in our bloated arsenal...?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ships-costing-u-s---37-billion-lack-firepower--navy-told-154342721.html


The U.S. Navy’s troubled Littoral Combat Ship, a vessel intended to be small and speedy for use in shallow waters close to shore, lacks the firepower it needs, a top U.S. navy commander said in a classified memo.

Vice Admiral Tom Copeman, the commander of naval surface forces, called on the Navy to consider a ship with more offensive capability after the first 24 vessels are built, according to a Navy official who asked not to be identified discussing the confidential document.

Copeman’s memo, prepared late last year at the request of Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the chief of naval operations, indicates the Navy may be starting to re-examine the $37 billion program. The ship has been beset by troubles, including cracks and corrosion, its price has doubled since 2005 to $440 million per vessel and a decision to build two versions will add to longterm operating costs.

I spent nearly 7 years in the Corps (Marines). None of the old LSTs that I served on during deployments had any other purpose than to get us to the beach and then if the ship could not pull off the beach, guess what the naval personnel became at that point? GRUNTS. The LCS is far faster and more full of lethality(speed) than the old gens of Gator freighters that existed. On top of that they can be configured for multiple ops based upon the payload carried. Both have the same mission, one is more capable than the other when set up for multiple mission configurations.

What we need to get rid of is the F-35.