Extending Depot Length and Intervals for DDG 51 Class Ships: Examining the 72 Month Operational Cycle

Abstract

Maintaining the fleet of surface combatants that the United States has built is challenging. The United States spends approximately $5 billion annually on ship depot maintenance. In addition to being costly, ensuring that the U.S. naval fleet operates at peak efficiency requires meticulous planning and execution of deployment schedules, crew training, and maintenance availabilities. The careful employment scheduling of ship deployments, short-term or long-term maintenance periods, and crew training ensures maximum readiness, efficiency, and expected service life of the ship. Combatant commanders demand for surface combatant presence is high, and as the fleet has decreased in size, deployment lengths have increased to meet this demand.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1023237

Entities

People

  • Abraham Tidwell
  • Brenna Allen
  • Brian Perkinson
  • Daniel Tremblay
  • Jerry M. Sollinger
  • Roland J. Yardley

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arleigh Burke Class
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Maintenance Management
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Personnel
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Uss Arleigh Burke
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies