The Trump administration has officially requested that a second littoral combat ship be added to the fiscal 2018 budget request, after officials said they wanted to add the ship the day the White House sent a budget to Congress that requested only one.

Appearing before a House Armed Services subcommittee on May 24, the day after Trump’s budget requested just one LCS, acting acquisition chief Allison Stiller said the administration “recognizes the criticality of our industrial base and supports funding a second LCS in FY18.” A day earlier, she knew few details about her own department’s surprise request for a second ship.