Navy Force Structure: A Bigger Fleet Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

Current Navy plans call for achieving and maintaining a fleet of 308 ships of certain types and numbers. Some observers have advocated increasing the Navys force-level goal to about 350 ships. The Navy is currently conducting a force structure assessment (FSA), and some observers anticipate that this FSA will lead to a new Navy force-level goal of more than 308 ships, although not necessarily 350 ships. The Navys actual size in recent years has generally been in the range of 270 to 290 ships.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 20, 2016
Accession Number
AD1020301

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Attack Submarines
  • Ballistic Missile Submarines
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Boats
  • Cold War
  • Deployment
  • Force Structure
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Procurement
  • Submarines
  • United States

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies