{"id":32019,"date":"2021-07-12T21:15:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T21:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/12\/here-are-the-ships-the-navy-wants-to-inactivate-in-fiscal-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:29:13","slug":"here-are-the-ships-the-navy-wants-to-inactivate-in-fiscal-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2021\/07\/12\/here-are-the-ships-the-navy-wants-to-inactivate-in-fiscal-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the ships the Navy wants to inactivate in fiscal 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. Navy plans to inactivate 22 ships in fiscal 2022, according to a message to the fleet<\/a> sent from the chief of naval operations earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CNO\u2019s message<\/a> notes that the proposed ship inactivation schedule is not written in stone, as lawmakers continue work on their own versions of the next fiscal year\u2019s defense bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the schedule offers a glimpse into Big Navy\u2019s priorities going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As expected, the schedule calls for scuttling littoral combat ships Detroit<\/a> and Little Rock<\/a>, which have faced issues with combining gear but which were commissioned in 2016 and 2017, respectively, according to the Naval Vessel Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy\u2019s schedule also seeks to do away with the LCS Fort Worth and Coronado, which each have served less than a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the U.S. House of Representatives is set to begin marking up its version of the FY22 defense bill soon, a proposed budget passed by the Appropriations Committee<\/a> late last month would stop the early retirement of three LCS in Big Navy\u2019s sights.<\/p>\n\n\n\t