The Navy plans to retire four Littoral Combat Ships and one Dock Landing Ship early in fiscal year 2021 as the service seeks to keep up with the new National Defense Strategy. Listing the early retirements on briefing slides about the FY-21 submission, the Navy described the four LCS and one LSD as "less capable platforms." According to the Navy's FY-21 budget highlights book , the service will retire the first four LCS vessels, all of which are test ships...
