The Senate Armed Services Committee wants to save 12 out of the 24 warships the Navy wants to decommission in the service's fiscal year 2023 budget request. The committee's FY-23 defense policy bill would prohibit the retirement of five Littoral Combat Ships, four Dock Landing Ships and two Expeditionary Transfer Docks as well as one Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, according to an executive summary of the bill released today. The Navy proposed decommissioning nine LCS, five cruisers, four LSDs, two...
