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Article: Navy combat ship on schedule in Marinette
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2009
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By RICK BARRETT
Marinette Marine and defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. are
on schedule to complete their second U.S. Navy combat ship similar
to the USS Freedom launched last fall.
The second ship, named USS Fort Worth, is about 13% complete,
Lockheed Martin said Thursday. More than half of the ship's modules
are under construction at the Marinette shipyard, and delivery of
the vessel to the Navy is expected in 2012.
Congress approved $1.02 billion for the Navy to purchase two
littoral combat ships for fiscal-year 2009 that runs through
September.
The Navy had budgeted for three more of the ships, designed for
use in shallow, coastal waters, in 2010 and has said it eventually
wants ...