Marinette, LCS-1 Shipyard, Announces Buildup:

Black Queen to Rook Four...

And the Littoral Combat Ship chessgame moves along, with Marinette Marine's new owner, Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A will spend some $40 million dollars to improve Bay Shipbuilding and Marinette Marine shipyards in 2009 and 2010.

If the LCS contract goes through, Fincantieri will spend some $100 million dollars over five years.

I still think Marinette should be building small conventional subs and UUVs. But that's just me.

I'm one of those sentimental types, see.