Washington, May 20 -- Congressman Joe Courtney issued the following press release:
Today, in a Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee hearing, Ranking Member Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) questioned the timeline of the Navy's proposed battleship program.
"This new battleship proposal which came forward... it was a posterboard in December, we now get a budget document in front of us, there really is no design plans that have materialized yet at this point, yet it's talking about going into production in FY28," Courtney said. "I just think the most optimistic hopes in terms of moving at that pace, given the size of this platform, the fact that it's now going to be a nuclear-powered vessel, and we only have two nuclear-certified yar...