Posted on 12/25/2010 5:21:57 AM PST by Islander7
The Navy cruiser USS Port Royal is back in Pearl Harbor shipyard for more than $20 million in repairs — on top of the $40 million spent to fix damage from a 2009 grounding and an $18 million refurbishment immediately before the warship ran aground.
The latest yard period, which began in September and is expected to end in late February, is to address cracks discovered in the aluminum alloy superstructures on all 22 of the Navy's Ticonderoga-class cruisers, officials said. The ships were commissioned between 1986 and 1994.
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“Why are we fixing the broken ones anyway?”
My guess is they’re maintaining them only until replacement by Burke-class destroyers or for conversion into ABM ships.
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