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DD(X) Program Under
Budgetary Microscope
Plans to build the next generation of
DD(X) destroyers is the topic of hot debate in Washington, as lawmakers, the military and the nation's shipbuilders grapple with the means to reign in pro- duction costs while maintaining a viable
U.S. Navy shipbuilding base in the era of shrinking fleet size.
As corporate consolidations have effectively produced a new navy ship- building scenario where contracts are apportioned evenly, a plan was proposed - and subsequently set aside for now - that would have pitted Northrop
Grumman and General Dynamics in a "winner take all" competition to build
DD(X), a potential $20 billion contract. "We've known all along that a single- source shipyard for DD(X) is a bad idea," said Congressman Gene Taylor (D-MS), co-chairman of the
Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus. "You're looking at a situation where one shipyard would likely be forced out of business. Then you're left with one place in the entire United States to build sur- face combatants," Taylor continued. "I just can't see how permanently limiting our ability to produce ships can be good for national security."
According to a report in the April 19, 2005 edition of the New York Times, the first two DD(X)'s are now supposed to total $6.3 billion, according to confiden- tial budget documents, up $1.5 billion. A new aircraft carrier, the CVN-21, is esti- mated at $13.7 billion, up $2 billion.
The new Virginia-class submarine now costs $2.5 billion each, up $400 million.
The proposed "winner take all" plan was seen by the Department of Defense as an opportunity to shave $300 million off the price of each new DD(X) guided missile destroyer.
Regardless of the outcome, it is increasingly apparent that the Navy is steadfast in its mission to further reduce the oceangoing fleet size, instead depending on a new smaller, faster, more agile and flexible fleet of vessels - such as the Littoral Combat Ship - to carry out its missions.
Industry Veteran
Joseph F. Daly Dies
Longtime industry veteran Joseph F.
Daly passed away on April 2, 2005. He was 91 years old. Joseph F. Daly began his career in the transportation industry in 1947 when he joined F. W. Hartmann directly out of the armed forces. A veter- an of the U.S. Army, Daly enlisted at age 17 and returned from active duty with the rank of Captain after fighting in the
Pacific during WWII.
Daly later served as President of F.W.
Hartmann, a major steamship agent and freight broker that represented Hansa
Line, National Shipping Company of
Saudi Arabia, Black Star line, Maritima
Andina and others. F.W. Hartmann, together with Norton Lilly, would later form Containership Agency Inc. (CAI), a steamship agency representing Italian
Line and Mediterranean Shipping
Company. CAI later changed its name to MSC (USA) Inc., whose principal is now the world's second largest contain- ership operator in the world. "Having served under Mr. Daly for several years, together with Peter W. Hartmann and
Rolf D. Hartmann, we developed a great respect for the integrity of this man," said Nicola Arena, president of
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