The US Navy’s Plans To Recapitalize Its Aging Sealift Ships Has Been Rejected By The White House

Fast sealift ship SS Algol, right, fast sealift ship SS Capella and the auxiliary crane ship SS Grand Canyon State at their homeport in Alameda, Calif. Part of the Ready Reserve Force, these ships are among those that need to be replaced in the coming years. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Billy Ho)

Defense News: White House poised to blow up US Navy’s plans to recapitalize its aging sealift ships

WASHINGTON – The White House wants the U.S. Navy to go back to the drawing board and find new ways to replace its aging sealift fleet, a move that could set back efforts that military officials see as vital to maintaining the military’s ability to project power across the globe.

The Office of Management and Budget, in a December 16 memo to the Department of Defense obtained by Defense News, directed DoD to come up with a more cost-effective plan than the Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-Mission Platform, known as CHAMP, a hull that the Navy had planned to use as part of a sealift recapitalization program.

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Update: The U.S. Navy Will Have Major Problems In a War If 1 Thing Is Not Fixed (National Interest).

WNU Editor: These type of ships are necessary. What is the point of spending hundreds of billions on equipment that you cannot deploy in the event of a conflict?

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