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to your response. construction of a new Dry Dock #3 Water- appropriations process moves forward, we
Continued from Page 8.
With respect and appreciation, Sincerely, front Support facility at Portsmouth Naval will continue to work hard to ensure that
Department, and industry witnesses who Shipyard (PNSY). These funds would pro- funding for this important project is included
have pointed out that wide variability in ship Snowe Reacts to House Hearing on Navy’s vide a state-of-the-art facility to enhance the in the final version of the bill.”
acquisition planning and execution is a lead- Destroyer Acquisition Programs productivity and efficiency on submarine
ing contributor to cost growth and other WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S Senator Olympia depot availabilities. The new Dry Dock facil- FREEDOM Undergoing Sea Trials
acquisition problems. J. Snowe released the following statement at ity will assist the Shipyard in its mission of MARINETTE, WI — The first U.S. Navy
A shift of this magnitude in the Navy’s the conclusion of the Seapower and Expedi- supporting the Navy’s newest Virginia Class Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1), the
shipbuilding plan requires a full review and tionary Forces Subcommittee of the House submarines. Funding for this project was inaugural ship in an entirely new class of U.S.
analysis through the proper departmental Committee on Armed Service meeting to included within the Committee allocation for Navy surface warships, is seen conducting
channels and processes, including congres- receive testimony on the Navy’s destroyer Fiscal Year 2009 spending measures. The a speed run during Builders Trials. Following
sional oversight. To do otherwise would acquisition programs: FY09 MilCon-VA Appropriations bill now the completion of Builder’s Trials, Freedom
undermine the Navy’s shipbuilding plan in “First, it is absolutely critical that we awaits consideration by the full Senate. will return to Marinette Marine to prepare for
Congress and could result in the Congress protect the shipbuilding infrastructure and In May 2008, the Senators were able to Acceptance Trials that will be conducted by
providing no funding for new surface com- the skilled craftsman at Bath. Our shipbuild- successfully include the required authoriza- the U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and
batants in FY09. ers are a national asset and the future of the tion for this funding in the Senate Armed Survey. LCS 1 is scheduled to be delivered to
A full review and analysis are particu- Navy. What was clearly evident at today’s Services Committee passed version of the the Navy later this year and will be
larly warranted with regard to any proposal hearing was the concern expressed by so Fiscal Year 2009 Defense Authorization Act. homeported in San Diego, Calif. The LCS 1
to restart the DDG-51 production line to fulfill many members of Congress on the Navy’s The Senators stated, “The Portsmouth Freedom class consists of two different
Navy surface combatant requirements. The proposal to change from the DDG 1000 and Naval Shipyard has long set the gold-stan- hullforms - a semiplaning monohull and an
real cost of purchasing DDG-51s instead of return to the DDG 51s. It’s truly surprising dard for excellence in repairing naval subma- aluminum trimaran - designed and built by
DDG-1000s, both in financial and capability that the Navy didn’t make a presentation that rines on time and under budget for the benefit two industry teams, respectively led by
terms, is unclear. The only way to make a included the analysis and hard facts to but- of our nation’s defense forces. The $20.7 Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics.
sound comparison between the two alterna- tress a major decision to change a destroyer million for the new waterfront support facility The seaframes will be outfitted with
tives is to have detailed, documented esti- acquisition program underway for more than approved today by the Appropriations com- reconfigurable payloads, called Mission
mates of the costs for both programs and to a decade. I understand the magnitude of this mittee means that this critical project is one Packages, which can be changed out
assess the extent to which each ship can meet issue for the warfighter and for the shipbuild- step closer to reality. The new 36,000 square quickly. These mission packages focus on
the validated warfighting requirements for ing industrial base. As chair of the Senate foot facility will allow the Shipyard to con- three mission areas: mine counter measures
which the DDG-1000 was intended. Seapower subcommittee, I held eight hear- tinue its long record of extraordinary perfor- (MCM), surface warfare (SUW) and anti-
In light of this apparent disconnect be- ings on the Navy’s conversion to the next mance and provide a steady and consistent submarine warfare (ASW).
tween more than a decade of Navy testimony generation destroyer. I will fight any pro- workload for folks at the Shipyard. As the
and the recent advocacy against the posal that does not maintain our shipbuild-
President’s budget, we urge you to under- ing industrial base that is so essential to the
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to proper procedures and heed its own ad- Gregg, Sununu, Snowe and Collins
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