Cut the losses. They were a dumb idea to begin with.
Like communism, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Drones and missiles make any offensive close shore support suicidal now. And they don’t have the strike capability for defensive shore support. And then there’s the general mucking up the MIC does to any weapons system. They could have made the ships out of compressed money, and they would have cost less.
Absolutely.
The Navy spent $5 billion in taxpayer money for the ships and are looking at $4.3 billion in upgrades and maintenance.
The ships were meant to carry anti-submarine warfare equipment from Raytheon that failed in development and that plan was abandoned.
The ships were "hobbled by a latent propulsion system gear defect caused by a subcontractor that requires replacement".
Boat: A hole in the water that one throws money into.
The two happiest days in a boat owner's life are the day they bought the boat and the day they sell it.
These ships are very big holes for throwing money into and we, the taxpayers, would be happy to get rid of them.