The Navy revealed this week a canceled maintenance availability in 2011 for the dock landing ship Gunston Hall (LSD-44) will cost taxpayers almost triple, from $44.7 million to $111 million, according to a service official. The amphibious assault ship's planned maintenance was deferred because of continuing resolution restrictions in 2011. "It's akin to keeping a car that you've had for a long time that the maintenance costs become further deferred," Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis, deputy chief of naval operations for...
