Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…A littoral combat ship launches a powerful Standard SM-6 missile for the first time while another LCS shepherds the largest-ever deployment of unmanned surface vessels – all while the US Navy’s medium and large-scale unmanned surface vessel programs are stalled. The Americans and Chinese have a larger-than-usual number of ships at sea – but is it a surge or just a coincidence? And the Marinette group of shipyard in Wisconsin has built up, modernized, and is getting set to swing into full-scale frigate production. We’ll discuss some of the things we saw in our recent visit.

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