U.S. Navy Will Add Nine Ships in 2017

The U.S. Navy is scheduled to add nine new ships in 2017.

News ID: 71323

Date: 03 January 2017 - 12:34

According to MANA, The ships will include four littoral combat ships: USS Gabrielle Giffords, USS Little Rock, USS Omaha and USS Sioux City.

The navy also expects the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier.

The Navy Times reports the U.S. Navy is also expecting two destroyers, the USS John Finn and the USS Rafael Peralta, and two submarines, the USS Washington and the USS Colorado.

President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to increase the fleet to 350 ships.