The LCS isn't just outrageously expensive, it is also outrageously bad at doing its job.

So, Mr. Stackley, why is it the Coast Guard can get it right and the Navy can't?

I think that we are talking around some realities. The reality is the Coast Guard has figured out a way to do it appropriately.

Look at how much the program has changed from the Navy's early pie-in-the-sky promises.

How does GAO rank-order the capabilities and design characteristics of each of the ships that the Navy considered during its study to determine how to develop the frigate platform, and how does GAO assess the capabilities of the ship that…

What is even worse is that because of the way the Navy structured the contracts, taxpayers are still responsible for most of the repair costs, even when the shipbuilders are at fault.

I am so disappointed in your testimony I can't begin to tell you.

So if an LCS is hit by a torpedo, what is survivability, that the sailors can get overboard or that they can exit the area?

I am really very disappointed that you are leaving because you really are the kind of member we need.

The Navy has wasted billions in taxpayer dollars and failed to produce a ship that meets its objectives.

I would like again, if you don't have that figure off the top of your head, to provide it to me and the committee how much that cost to repair.

We are here today to examine a case study in gross mismanagement on the part of the Navy.