Some lawmakers back Marines in disagreement over Navy amphib force
Megan Eckstein
Tue, April 5, 2022, 3:36 PM·6 min read
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Two key lawmakers support adding funds to keep an amphibious warship production line going, despite the U.S. Navy planning to end the ship class after fiscal 2023.
The Navy in its FY23 budget request asked to buy one last San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, LPD-32, and would then end the ship program at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi. The U.S. Marine Corps, on the other hand, included in its FY23 wish list $250 million in advanced procurement for LPD-33, a ship the Navy does not intend to buy.
The top Democrat and Republican on the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee both agreed they want to give the Marines that money this year, despite the Navy’s objections.
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