Twelve US Navy ships face axe in US budget cuts

[Lankan Ranger]

Twelve US Navy ships face axe in US budget cuts

US Navy is planning to retire nine Ticonderoga-class cruisers and three Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships (LSDs) in Fiscal Years 2013 (FY13) and 2014 as austerity measures hit the Department of Defense (DoD).

In an internal email obtained by Jane's , navy budget planners have listed the ships that are earmarked for decommissioning as the Pentagon seeks to reduce its spending by USD450 billion during the next 10 years.

Navy spokesperson Lieutenant Courtney Hillson told Jane's that the service would not comment on any budget-related fleet changes before the DoD's spending plans are released in early 2012.

The cruisers slated for decommissioning in FY13 are USS Normandy (CG 60), USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Vicksburg (CG 69) and USS Cape St George (CG 71), with USS Princeton (CG 59), USS Cowpens (CG 63), USS Gettysburg (CG 64), USS Chosin (CG 65) and USS Hue City (CG 66) following in FY14. The nine combatants entered service between 1989 and 1993.

The amphibious platforms scheduled for decommissioning were identified as USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) and USS Tortuga (LSD 46). The trio entered service between 1985 and 1990.

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[NiceGuy]

So, sell them to VN , we will help you to control SCS(east sea)

 

[nomi007]

indiia may purchase 1 of them

 

[SpArK]

Good opportunity

 

[GURU DUTT]

Twelve US Navy ships face axe in US budget cuts

US Navy is planning to retire nine Ticonderoga-class cruisers and three Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships (LSDs) in Fiscal Years 2013 (FY13) and 2014 as austerity measures hit the Department of Defense (DoD).

In an internal email obtained by Jane's , navy budget planners have listed the ships that are earmarked for decommissioning as the Pentagon seeks to reduce its spending by USD450 billion during the next 10 years.

Navy spokesperson Lieutenant Courtney Hillson told Jane's that the service would not comment on any budget-related fleet changes before the DoD's spending plans are released in early 2012.

The cruisers slated for decommissioning in FY13 are USS Normandy (CG 60), USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Vicksburg (CG 69) and USS Cape St George (CG 71), with USS Princeton (CG 59), USS Cowpens (CG 63), USS Gettysburg (CG 64), USS Chosin (CG 65) and USS Hue City (CG 66) following in FY14. The nine combatants entered service between 1989 and 1993.

The amphibious platforms scheduled for decommissioning were identified as USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) and USS Tortuga (LSD 46). The trio entered service between 1985 and 1990.

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I think india should go for all three one for each command . Thanks

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Wait till US is fully bankrupt, lets purchase some of their supercarriers.

And we wanna get more of floating casino for sure.

 

[Roybot]

Indian Navy might be interested in those Landing Ship docks

 

[ChinaToday]

Its like u guys got some fantasy to see usa bankrupt

Dont worry we china will come to your rescue

 

[Paan Singh]

these toys are cool..india should go for that.

 

[pmukherjee]

The three Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships (LSDs) are great for our soon to be formed Amphibious Division. The USS Trenton was commissioned into the USN in 1971 and acquired by India in 2007. The three LSDs being retired now were commissioned only in 1985 and are comparatively newer.

The US Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships (LSDs) LSD -43

 

[Devianz]

No one interested in the Ticonderoga class cruiser? They carry quite an awesome weapons load. Would give our navy valuable experiance in operating huge battle ships should we ever decide to build a 10000 ton class destroyer/cruiser.

 

[jha]

No one interested in the Ticonderoga class cruiser? They carry quite an awesome weapons load. Would give our navy valuable experiance in operating huge battle ships should we ever decide to build a 10000 ton class destroyer/cruiser.

yes..The last one entered service in '94...

 

[no_name]

The newest Arleigh Burke DDG seems even better armed than the Tico cruisers of the 80s.

 

[Penguin]

No one interested in the Ticonderoga class cruiser? They carry quite an awesome weapons load. Would give our navy valuable experiance in operating huge battle ships should we ever decide to build a 10000 ton class destroyer/cruiser.

Here's why:

Cracks plague Ticonderoga-class cruisers

By Christopher P. Cavas - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Dec 9, 2010 21:36:44 EST


Barely a year after the Navy spent $40 million to fix the cruiser Port Royal after an embarrassing grounding, the ship is again out of action, back in a shipyard at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. But this time it’s not a damaged hull that’s the problem. Rather, it’s an issue that is plaguing all 22 cruisers in service: cracks in the aluminum superstructure.
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We are dealing with a class-wide issue of superstructure structural issues,” said Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for Naval Surface Forces in San Diego. “These are things we’re seeing on other ships of this class.”
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The problem, according to the Naval Sea Systems Command, is the aluminum alloy used in the superstructure of the cruisers, which have steel hulls.

“There have been various degrees of crack repair on every CG [guided-missile cruiser] in the past year,” said Chris Johnson, a NAVSEA spokesman in Washington. “The decking is the most prevalent cracking area due to exposure to elevated temperatures caused by solar absorption and exhaust temperatures.”

More than 3,000 cracks have been found so far across the entire Ticonderoga class, which originally numbered 27 ships. Twenty-two of the ships remain in service, and Port Royal, commissioned in 1994, is the newest.

Cracks plague Ticonderoga-class cruisers - Navy News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Navy Times

It is why the Burkes are made entirely out of steel ....

With the Arleigh Burke class, the US Navy also returned to traditional all-steel construction. Combining a steel hull with an aluminum superstructure had been an innovation to reduce topweight, but the lighter metal proved vulnerable to cracking. Aluminum is also less fire-resistant than steel.

Arleigh Burke class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Penguin]

The three Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships (LSDs) are great for our soon to be formed Amphibious Division. The USS Trenton was commissioned into the USN in 1971 and acquired by India in 2007. The three LSDs being retired now were commissioned only in 1985 and are comparatively newer.

The US Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships (LSDs) LSD -43

These could indeed make for a nice pruchase for IN, particularly if accompanied by a purchase of 12 or so LCACs