Navy Ship Procurement Rate and the Planned Size of the Navy: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Navy reached a late-Cold War peak of 568 battle force ships in FY1987 and has since been declining in sized. There is currently no officially approved, consensus plan for the future size and structure of the Navy. The absence of such a plan could complicate Congress ability to conduct oversight of the Navy's budget and individual Navy ship-acquisition programs. DOD is proposing to procure new Navy ships during most of its amended FY2004-FY2009 Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP) at an average rate less than what would be required, over the long run, to maintain a Navy of 310 or more ships.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 04, 2004
Accession Number
ADA467732

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Attack Submarines
  • Battles
  • Boats
  • Budgets
  • Cold War
  • Congress
  • Force Structure
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Procurement
  • Ships
  • Steady State

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Strategic Security Studies