Navy to Congress: You Need to Let Us Retire Carrier Truman

[rangerrebew]

Navy to Congress: You Need to Let Us Retire Carrier Truman

27 Mar 2019
Military.com | By Gina Harkins

Lawmakers grilled Navy leaders about a plan to send an aircraft carrier into retirement decades early when military leaders around the world are calling for more, not less, naval support.

Members of the House Armed Services seapower subcommittee pressed service leaders on Tuesday to explain why they should get behind cutting short the service life of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman.

The plan is detailed in the 2020 budget request, which was released earlier this month. The money the service had planned to spend on refueling the carrier's nuclear reactor core would instead be used on new cutting-edge technology, including unmanned ships.

https://www.military.com/dodbuzz/2019/03/27/admiral-navys-truman-retirement-decision-about-investment-not-warfighting.html

[sneakypete]

I smell something rotten here. In all the history of all the Navies in the world,NONE has ever called for downsizing and losing a major ship.

I suspect they have the plans already drawn up for a new "Super Carrier" that will be pulled out the instant they decide losing a carrier was a mistake,and that the Truman is too obsolete to update and bring back on the line.

[Fishrrman]

The Truman probably has a good 10 years of service left in her.
Maybe more...