US lawmakers raised no official objection to the decommissioning of LCS USS Jackson . (Michael Fabey)

In its National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2024 mark, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee detailed its desires during a 13 June hearing of the mark to retain most of the vessels the US Navy (USN) is seeking to decommission soon.

The USN's FY 2024 budget proposal sought to decommission 11 ships: Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships USS Germantown (LSD 42), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), and USS Tortuga (LSD 46); Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Vicksburg (CG 69), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), USS Cowpens (CG 63), and USS Shiloh (CG 67); Independence-class littoral combat ships (LCSs) USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Montgomery (LCS 8); and Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751).

US lawmakers raised no official objection to the decommissioning of LCS USS Jackson . (Michael Fabey)

In its National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2024 mark, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee detailed its desires during a 13 June hearing of the mark to retain most of the vessels the US Navy (USN) is seeking to decommission soon.

The USN's FY 2024 budget proposal sought to decommission 11 ships: Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships USS Germantown (LSD 42), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), and USS Tortuga (LSD 46); Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Vicksburg (CG 69), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), USS Cowpens (CG 63), and USS Shiloh (CG 67); Independence-class littoral combat ships (LCSs) USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Montgomery (LCS 8); and Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751).

US lawmakers raised no official objection to the decommissioning of LCS USS Jackson . (Michael Fabey)

In its National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2024 mark, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee detailed its desires during a 13 June hearing of the mark to retain most of the vessels the US Navy (USN) is seeking to decommission soon.

The USN's FY 2024 budget proposal sought to decommission 11 ships: Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships USS Germantown (LSD 42), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), and USS Tortuga (LSD 46); Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Vicksburg (CG 69), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), USS Cowpens (CG 63), and USS Shiloh (CG 67); Independence-class littoral combat ships (LCSs) USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Montgomery (LCS 8); and Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751).

US lawmakers raised no official objection to the decommissioning of LCS USS Jackson . (Michael Fabey)

In its National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2024 mark, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee detailed its desires during a 13 June hearing of the mark to retain most of the vessels the US Navy (USN) is seeking to decommission soon.

The USN's FY 2024 budget proposal sought to decommission 11 ships: Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships USS Germantown (LSD 42), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), and USS Tortuga (LSD 46); Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Vicksburg (CG 69), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), USS Cowpens (CG 63), and USS Shiloh (CG 67); Independence-class littoral combat ships (LCSs) USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Montgomery (LCS 8); and Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751).

US lawmakers raised no official objection to the decommissioning of LCS USS Jackson . (Michael Fabey)

In its National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2024 mark, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee detailed its desires during a 13 June hearing of the mark to retain most of the vessels the US Navy (USN) is seeking to decommission soon.

The USN's FY 2024 budget proposal sought to decommission 11 ships: Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships USS Germantown (LSD 42), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), and USS Tortuga (LSD 46); Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Vicksburg (CG 69), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), USS Cowpens (CG 63), and USS Shiloh (CG 67); Independence-class littoral combat ships (LCSs) USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Montgomery (LCS 8); and Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751).

US lawmakers raised no official objection to the decommissioning of LCS USS Jackson . (Michael Fabey)

In its National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2024 mark, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee detailed its desires during a 13 June hearing of the mark to retain most of the vessels the US Navy (USN) is seeking to decommission soon.

The USN's FY 2024 budget proposal sought to decommission 11 ships: Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships USS Germantown (LSD 42), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), and USS Tortuga (LSD 46); Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Vicksburg (CG 69), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), USS Cowpens (CG 63), and USS Shiloh (CG 67); Independence-class littoral combat ships (LCSs) USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Montgomery (LCS 8); and Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751).