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Monday, February 11, 2008

U.S. Navy To Extend Destroyers’ Service

The U.S. Navy will add five years to the planned 35-year service lives of its workhorse Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, according to the service’s latest version of its 30-year shipbuilding plan.

The plan was issued Feb. 4 in conjunction with the Defense Department’s 2009 budget request.

To field a fleet of at least 313 ships beyond 2020, the service must modernize its destroyers and CG 47-class cruisers, the plan says.

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