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Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by rootusrootus on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:23PM (#25163889)
The Navy has ordered two at a time, and they definitely didn't get a third one free. They did save about 15%, though.

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/31/navy-awards-2-carrier-contr...

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Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by Animats on Friday November 20, 2020 @04:23PM (#25165148)
That comment wasn't about this round, it was from the middle days of the Nimitz class, which was produced one at a time for almost 35 years, with occasional periods of no production.
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