Vicksburg and Cowpens had been two of the seven cruisers inducted in the mid-20-teens into the Navy’s Cruiser Modernization Program, and the cost of their protracted, never-finished modernizations has approached nearly one billion dollars.
Can anyone, anywhere, do anything, on time, on budget and right? Anymore?
You said, "Can anyone, anywhere, do anything, on time, on budget and right? Anymore?"..
SpaceX !
Now if Elon Musk were to create OceanX and build ships for the U.S. Navy they'd be the best ships in the world; most advanced and cost-effectively built!