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No, more Enterprise class wouldn't get built. Enterprise herself ended up costing more than double her authorized cost (planned to cost 150 million, ended up north of 300 million). Combine that with the 41 for Freedom SSBN program, and the Navy shipbuilding budget just couldn't handle that kind of cost. Even with a shorter Vietnam. The Navy will wait until they get a better design, ala the Nimitz class, for series production. Kennedy may stay nuclear powered though.With Vietnam being shorter, the Essex class don't get clapped out as fast, so the SCB-27C ships will last a bit longer in service as ASW carriers while a new CVS is designed to replace them. A few more CGNs might get built to escort the nuclear carriers. We probably don't see the Gearing class last as long in service with a new DE/FF/FFG replacing them earlier.
No, more Enterprise class wouldn't get built. Enterprise herself ended up costing more than double her authorized cost (planned to cost 150 million, ended up north of 300 million). Combine that with the 41 for Freedom SSBN program, and the Navy shipbuilding budget just couldn't handle that kind of cost. Even with a shorter Vietnam. The Navy will wait until they get a better design, ala the Nimitz class, for series production. Kennedy may stay nuclear powered though.
With Vietnam being shorter, the Essex class don't get clapped out as fast, so the SCB-27C ships will last a bit longer in service as ASW carriers while a new CVS is designed to replace them. A few more CGNs might get built to escort the nuclear carriers. We probably don't see the Gearing class last as long in service with a new DE/FF/FFG replacing them earlier.
