Projected Costs for the Tanker Portion of the Ready Reserve Force

Abstract

This research memorandum provides estimates of the costs of the tanker portion of the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) from 1987 to 1995. These estimates show what it would cost if the Navy chose to fill the entire shortfall of U.S. owned militarily useful tankers by building up the RRF. The study does not recommend this course of action, but merely establishes what the Navy's dollar costs are likely to be in the years ahead. An important finding is that the annual costs of an RRF of that size would substantially exceed budgeted funds as reflected in the latest Five-Year Defense Plan. Without additional funding of about $200 million or more per year over the next nine years, the tanker RRF probably would not be able to accomplish the Navy's fuel-delivery mission. Even with such an infusion of funds the RRF may not be workable, because adequate supplies of U.S. merchant sailors and U.S. shipyards may not be available. Keywords: Naval planning; Naval procurement; Tables (data).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA183069

Entities

People

  • Ronald F. Rost

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bunker Fuels
  • Cargo Ships
  • Commerce
  • Costs
  • Fuels
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Maintenance
  • Motivation
  • New York
  • Petroleum
  • Production
  • Ridges
  • Shipping
  • Shipyards
  • Standards
  • Static Loads
  • Tanker Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.