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[koxinga]

And another fire. What's with their safety and hot work regs?

Fire aboard Navy destroyer USS Higgins, officials say

One of the officials told CBS News that the fire knocked out power and propulsion on the guided-missile destroyer, a mainstay of the Navy's forward presence in Asia.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[StobieWan]

Hell, Flt2 onwards might even be completely different vessels
USNI News - U.S. Considering Foreign Designs, Shipyards for New Navy Frigate, Destroyer Work in $1.85B Study

Do you think this might happen?

I'm of the impression that it was a legal requirement that USN ships were to be built in US ship yards?

Even if a foreign build were ordered for a foreign design, I'm genuinely not sure the USN can actually just click "add to.cart" and say, buy a Mogami. I think we'd just see a repeat of the cancellation class, with more tinkering with DC related items, followed by "and hey, we need...xyz system..."