It was probably pork right from the start: built in Wisconsin and Alabama. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/littoral-combat-ship-congress-navy-p

It was probably pork right from the start: built in Wisconsin and Alabama. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/littoral-combat-ship-congress-navy-pentagon-400-million-pork-214009 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/littoral-com... I guess the Coast Guard didn’t even want them? https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/op-ed-a-derated-littoral-combat-ship-would-make-an-ideal-uscg-cutter https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/op-ed-a-derated-li...