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newdayneeded

(2,493 posts) Mon Apr 25, 2022, 08:23 AM Apr 2022

Good bye ships [View all]

The Navy has decided to retire all of the V hulled LCS ships, oldest of which is 10 years old. 9 of them at about a half a billion a piece. And to think Cons think a billion for food stamps is a waste!

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Good bye ships [View all] newdayneeded Apr 2022 OP

You think we could at least sell them on ebay Strelnikov_ Apr 2022 #1

I think the US Navy sometimes lends or sells them to other countries csziggy Apr 2022 #2

My dad was a crewman on a PB4Y (Navy B-24) that had been a British Lend Lease aircraft brewens Apr 2022 #3

I had a friend who stripped all the classified tech and such (he couldn't really say) off subs happybird Apr 2022 #5

Those particular ships are lousy, getting rid of them makes sense. Dial H For Hero Apr 2022 #4

Agreed.... Happy Hoosier Apr 2022 #6

You think newdayneeded Apr 2022 #7

It's not always that easy.... Happy Hoosier Apr 2022 #9

Except for the reduction gear(transmission) they built exactly what the navy ordered. Angleae Apr 2022 #8