U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran has released a list of 10 ships included in the Pentagon appropriations bill. Cochran (R-Miss.) chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate appropriates bill would include $1.8B for the 13th San Antonio-class LPD amphibious warship and $1.6B for an LHA-8 amphibious assault ship, both to be built at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., and $3.6B for the construction of three DDG-51 destroyers, one of which would be built at Ingalls. The overall bill would provide $21.2B for Navy shipbuilding programs, according to a Cochran media release. The Defense Department is currently funded through a Continuing Resolution that will expire April 28. (Source: Sun Herald, 03/02/17)