New $360 million Navy ship breaks down

One of the Navy's newest ships had to be towed more than 40 miles to port after it broke down Friday less than a month after it was commissioned into service.

The littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee, which boasts a $360 million price tag, broke down Thursday evening, days after the ship's crew discovered "fine metallic debris in the port combining gear filter system," the Navy said in a news release. The crew later discovered similar debris in the ship's oil filter.

The Navy described the breakdown as a "loss of propulsion."

The ship is now undergoing a full inspection in Little Creek, Virginia. The incident was first reported by the Navy Times.

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