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Budget

Despite Protests from Navy, HASC Backs Shortened Cruiser Modernization Plan

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, April 29th, 2015

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Despite Protests from Navy, HASC Backs Shortened Cruiser Modernization Plan

The USS Lake Erie (CG-70) cruiser. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

An attempt by Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) to restore the original language of the Navy’s 2-4-6 cruiser modernization plan was rejected by the House Armed Services Committee during a markup of the fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill on April 29.According to the 2-4-6 compromise agreed to by the Navy and Congress last year, the sea service would phase two Ticonderoga-class cruisers per year into a four-year modernization period, laying up no more than six cruisers at a time. However, in…

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Congress

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