While there's not another capital ship in the world that compares with the Arleigh Burke class DDG, we can't afford 100 more.
While the Freedom class LCS is the right size at 3500t, they didn't put much firepower on it.
We need 100 of these, with upgraded armaments, while we build 2-3 Arleigh Burke's per year...and another Carrier every other year.
And 3 SSNs annually.
Build the Montana class!
Why moth ball ships if they can’t be upgraded?
My thought is that we have enough carriers. The Arleigh Burkes are not big enough. I believe we need to go up in tonnage to cruiser size,18,000 tons or so, nuclear fast and capable of either joint or independent tasks and with both missiles as well as traditional weapons. As a way to save money, get rid of the littoral ships. They are as useless as monitors came to be.