transfer at least one class of the failed LCS ships to the Coast Guard
So you’d give those failed headaches to the Coasties, instead of the scrappers as planned? You plan on having Nancy approve a substantial multi-billion dollar budget increase for the Treasury Dept to fix and maintain the unfixable
They are adequate as Coast Guard cutters, and suitably armed for that job. Even have some ASW capabiliity if German U-Boats show up off the east coast. Large helipad for search and rescue operations.
By the numbers, the Independence class is about the same lenght as a WMSL or a WHEC, roughly twice the beam, about 1/3 faster, significatly smaller crew, equivalent firepower.
Shorter range, but that shouldn’t matter for coastal interdiction. Smaller crew should mean lower burden for the taxpayers.