The vehicles will be ready for service by 2012 and will be built at a Siemens factory in Sacramento.
Atlantic Coast said late Tuesday night that its first Airbus plane would arrive in September 2004 and be ready for service by November 2004.
The plan is for one squadron of British F35s to be ready for service at sea by 2021.
Even though the Prowler is based on a 35-year-old design, a replacement won't be ready for service until 2010 — at the earliest.
Fitting-out work proceeded much more quickly, and the new cruiser was ready for service a year and a half later.
The smaller 100 passenger short-range version would cost perhaps £50 to £80 million, and be ready for service in 1968.
Brummer was ready for service with the fleet by May 1916, though she did not steam with the rest of the High Seas Fleet for the Battle of Jutland at the end of the month.
The flight testing of the XR-1 proved troublesome, and although continued testing showed that the design had promise, other, improved helicopters were becoming available before the XR-1 was ready for service.
By the time Macdonald took office in 1940, the RCN had grown to 100 ships and more than 7,000 personnel, but as biographer Stephen Henderson notes, "few of its ships and sailors were ready for service at sea".
