Jul 30, 2023

USS Montgomery Headed to Oblivion

 Sioux City, Iowa — Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says it is just a matter of time before the USS Sioux City and the other littoral combat ships in its class are decommissioned. Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee and says the Navy will mothball the ships.

(Source: https://kiwaradio.com/local-news/ernst-says-uss-sioux-city-other-littoral-ships-destined-for-mothballs/

The USS Montgomery (LCS 8) is in a different class (Independence variant) of the LCS ships, but there has also been talk of it being sold to other, presumably friendly, Navies.



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