[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Navy will decommission its entire fleet of Freedom-class combat warships
- Four of the $3.2bn fleet set for scrap heap were commissioned in 2019 and 2020
- Anti-submarine system 'did not work out technically', naval operations chief said
- Ships 'incredibly expensive and [lack] the capabilities we expected': Rep. Smith
- Added: 'They're not ready to do anything... When they are, they still break down'
- USS St Louis, launched in August 2020, will serve just three years of 25-year life
- Scrappings will save $391 million as US Navy plans new shipbuilding program
- Crews at Naval Station Mayport, Florida will have to wait for new ships to arrive
- Chinese Navy is set to count 460 warships by 2030, becoming world's largest
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