A Navy ship building program that supports thousands of Wisconsin jobs could be downsized, as the ships face continued criticism.
U-S Senators John McCain, the Arizona Republican who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Rhode Island Democrat Jack Reed said in a letter earlier this month that the Navy should delay deploying its littoral combat ships until more testing is done.
The Marinette Marine Corporation shipyard employs about two-thousand people building the ships, which are designed for operations in shallow, coastal waters.
Three have been delivered so far, and seven more, at around 479 million dollars each, are currently in various stages of construction in Marinette.