U.S.S. Independence (LCS 1)
The Navy should cancel both of them. They’re glorified Coast Guard cutters... and armed like them... at the price of high end frigates. In fact, the Navy should give the four that have been built or are finishing to the USCG, and either license the Spanish Armada’s F100 class design, or simply buy more Burke’s and live with fewer fleet numbers. But regardless, they should NOT be spending almost $700 million apiece for aluminum patrol boats.
I thought they had abandoned the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) concept, I guess not.