House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”
The swift actions of Senior Chief Hull Maintenance Technician Mario Pais and his fellow sailors helped ensure a 19-year-old civilian survived his traumatic injury.
Previous U.S. Navy ships bearing the name Oakland include a transport cargo ship that was first commissioned in 1918 and a light cruiser from World War II.