Bath Iron Works Pissed About Not Building LCS Ships

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unhappycamper summary of this article: These are lucrative contracts, indeed. The USS Freedom (LCS-1) cost $584 million dollars delivered. The USS Independence (LCS-2) cost $704 million dollars delivered.

FWIW, the original Deepwater program estimated the costs of these ships at $200 million dollars each. Oops.




Senator: Navy LCS plan hurts Bath shipyard bid
By David Sharp - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Nov 9, 2010 16:04:23 EST

PORTLAND, Maine — A Navy proposal to award lucrative contracts for a new class of speedy warships to the builders of two competing versions could cut out Bath Iron Works from future bidding, Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday.

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1. BIW builds 'em better, period. n/t