“What do you think of the idea of just building additional San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ships, “
You’re thinking like somebody who is paying for it rather than somebody who wants a promotion. Nobody along the chain would get promotions or good effectiveness ratings by suggesting we re-apply an existing cheaper solution. But a new class of ships and lots and lots of contract money which can be leveraged to political advantage, now there’s a reason for a totally new design. Plus, the LCS was touted as the new eNavy that would make everything so much cheaper and so much more useful than those crew-intensive old heavy blue water ships.
LOL!