June 16, 2020
Frigates Will Dominate In The Navy's New War Strategy
The Navy soon could select a shipyard to build the new class of frigate starting in 2020.
by David Axe Follow
Here's What You Need To Remember: Reducing the number of large warships and adding frigates could help to reduce the cost of a larger fleet. A 9,000-ton-displacement Arleigh Burke-class destroyer costs more than $2 billion. A frigate, displacing just 5,000 tons, should cost around $1 billion, according to the Navy.
The U.S. Navy might tweak its force-structure goals in order to boost the number of frigates.
That's what Vice Adm. Bill Merz, the deputy chief of naval operations, told a House of Representatives subcommittee on March 27, 2019. "We’re expecting a pretty hard look at the mix of ships this year," Merz said, according to USNI News.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/frigates-will-dominate-navys-new-war-strategy-162829
