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Navy/USMC

CNO Argues Retiring First 4 LCSs Saves $2 Billion In Upgrades

Monday, March 9th, 2020

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CNO Argues Retiring First 4 LCSs Saves $2 Billion In Upgrades

Adm. Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, addresses a question during a Sea Service Chiefs town hall panel discussion at the annual 2020 WEST conference on March 2, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

SAN DIEGO-- The Navy’s top officer said the decision to retire the first four Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) saves the Navy from spending $2 billion in upgrading them to the level of the rest of the LCSs. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Michael Gilday explain the Navy focused on using the first four hulls for testing to deal with all of the problems the class dealt with at first, not being operational vessels. The tests allowed the Navy to…

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