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The Navy’s New Constellation-Class Frigate: Time to ‘Abandon Ship’?
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The Navy’s New Constellation-Class Frigate: Time to ‘Abandon Ship’?
PUBLISHED on August 14, 2025, 7:04 PM EDT – Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy’s Constellation-class frigate program, intended to replace the troubled Littoral Combat Ships, is already facing a “nightmare” of its own. The lead ship is now 759 metric tons overweight and its delivery has been delayed by three years, to 2029. A scathing GAO report criticizes the Navy for starting construction before finalizing the design, a practice that led to …
Breaking tradition with consequences: US Navy and the Constellation Debacle When the US Navy decided to rely on Fincantieri's Italian FREMM Fregate Design for its new FFG-62 constellation class, this meant a break with 200 years of naval tradition: Until then, all major surface combat ships ("major surface combatants") had been proprietary developments of American shipyards.One reason for this turnaround is probably also due to the only moderate…
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