Decommissioning these ships early amounts to a loss of almost $7 billion based on analysis by Defense News.
The ship, which was designed to serve for 25 years, is one of the Freedom-class variants that the Navy is mothballing early.
The littoral combat ship Sioux City cost $460 million and was retired after less than five years of service.
The ship was commissioned in November 2018.
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