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The Navy wants just one littoral combat ship this year, but it may get three

By Travis J. Tritten
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The Navy wants just one littoral combat ship this year, but it may get three

Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer and other service brass were on Capitol Hill last month defending their plan to buy just one littoral combat ship in the coming fiscal year.

Unsurprisingly, the plan has rankled House members from states that build the small surface warship and has triggered warnings of layoffs from two of the Navy’s commercial shipyards.

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