The US Navy's beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as a key part of US strategy to keep up with China's rapidly expanding naval fleet. Phelan said the multibillion-dollar program for the surface combatants wasn't delivering any bang for the buck.
With a displacement of about 7,200 tons, the ships were seen as filling a gap between the 10,000-ton Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers " the backbone of the US fleet " and 3,500-ton littoral combat ships (from another Navy shipbuilding program widely considered a failure).
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