These World-Class Navy Ships Are Going To Deteriorate If Congress Doesn't Solve Its Budget Problems
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is an aircraft carrier with over 90 jets and helicopters that provides air cover and support.
USS Green Bay (LPD-20) can transport over 800 Marines anywhere in the world.
The USS Devastator (MCM-6) clears mines from vital waterways.
The USS Benfold (DDG-65) is a destroyer that can perform anti-aircraft and anti-submarine operations, as well as launch cruise missiles at land targets.
The USS Gridley (DDG-101) performs those same missions.
The USS Sampson (DDG-102) is a destroyer, and was featured in the 2012 film "Battleship."
The USS Higgins (DDG-76) is also a destroyer, but performed logistical support for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti in 2010.
The USS Peleliu (LHA-5) is an amphibious assault ship that brings aircraft and Marines into the fight.
The USS Pioneer (MCM-9) clears shipping lanes by using mine countermeasures.
The USS Russell (DDG-59) is a destroyer that can perform a variety of missions against enemy ships and land targets.
The USS Rushmore (LSD-47) delivers landing craft and vehicles and helps repair small ships at sea.
The USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) is a destroyer, outfitted with missiles. It also has two Seahawk helicopters.
The USS McFaul (DDG-74) is a destroyer which was stationed close off the coast of Libya in 2012 in case a strike was ordered.
The USS Laboon (DDG-58) is a destroyer that was also was ready to support any strikes on Libya in 2012.
The USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98) is a guided missile destroyer that can attack air, land, and sea targets.
The USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) is a destroyer armed with a variety of missiles.
The destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) had a recent collision with a Japanese oil tanker in Aug. 2012.
USS Wasp (LHD-1) is an amphibious assault ship that hosts Navy and Marine Corps aircraft and ferries troops overseas.
USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81) is a guided missile destroyer. Notably, it is also the most recent warship named after a non-American (there are four)..
USS Barry (DDG-52) is a destroyer that can also refuel a helicopter. The ship participated in operations in Libya.
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