The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee plans to probe shipyard backlogs plaguing Navy repairs and follow up on collisions at sea, as the panel of lawmakers heads into the 116th Congress with an array of new members. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), the subcommittee's new chairman, said his panel would revisit previous ship collisions and address the shipyard logjams that are slowing repairs to Navy vessels. "The delays that are happening out there -- at the same time...
