Navy’s $670 Million Fighting Ship Is ‘Not Expected to Be Survivable,’ Pentagon Says

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6. Littoral Combat Ships were first defined in the US Navy's Bluewater program.

I suspect the online presence the Navy's Bluewater program has gone down the memory hole, much the same as Project For a New American Century.

In the original Bluewater PDF document, Littoral Combat Ships were supposed to have costed around $200 million dollars each.

The USS Freedom (LCS#1) was delivered at $584 million dollars. The USS Independence was delivered next for $704 million dollars.

Congress stepped in and decided to order 15 or so of these target barges at $500 million dollars each.

These things have a pretty good five inch gun on the bow BUT accuracy is woefully poor when these ships get up to speed. Additionally the combat modules have yet to appear. And the 40 man crew is too small but there is no additional bunk space available because no combat modules have been deployed.