Resource Implications of the Navy's 313-Ship Plan
Abstract
When Admiral Mike Mullen became Chief of Naval Operations in the summer of 2005, he ordered a review of the Navy's ship requirements to reexamine the service's previous shipbuilding plan, which had been sent to the Congress in March 2005. That plan, An Interim Report to Congress on Annual Long-Range Plan for the Construction of Naval Vessels for FY2006, envisioned a fleet of between 260 and 325 battle force ships. (The Navy currently has 280 such ships.) Admiral Mullen said he ordered the review both to arrive at a single numerical requirement for the fleet and to provide stability in the year-to-year construction of naval ships, so that both the Navy and the shipbuilding industry could plan to build efficiently whatever ships were ordered. Although the Navy has not yet released detailed information about its latest shipbuilding plan to the Congress, recent press reports indicate that the service has nearly completed its review of requirements, with the result being a 313-ship plan. That number would be the permanent requirement around which the actual number of ships would rise and fall, depending on when ships were retired from the fleet as well as on the budgetary resources available to buy new ships.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 16, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA447098
Entities
People
- Eric J. Labs
Organizations
- Congressional Budget Office