Navy-Marine Corps Amphibious and Maritime Prepositioning Ship Programs: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Navy is proposing to maintain in coming years a Navy with 31 amphibious ships and an additional squadron of 14 Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future), or MPF(F), ships. The Navy's proposed FY2008 budget requests $1,398.3 million in procurement funding for a ninth San Antonio (LPD-17) amphibious ship to be procured in FY2008. The Navy estimates the total procurement cost of this ship at $1,798.3 million. The Navy is proposing in its FY2008 budget to end LPD-17 procurement with the ninth ship with $103.2 million to be provided in FY2009 as a program closeout cost. The Navy's proposed FY2008 budget also requests $1,377.4 million in procurement funding to complete the procurement cost of LHA-6, a large-deck amphibious assault ship that was procured in FY2007 using split funding (a two-year form of incremental funding) in FY2007 and FY2008. The Navy estimates the total procurement cost of LHA-6 at $2,806.2 million. The Navy's FY2008 unfunded programs list (UPL) includes an additional LPD-17 and two modified Lewis and Clark (TAKE-1) dry cargo ships for the MPF(F) squadron. One potential issue for Congress is whether to fund an additional LPD-17 and/or one or two additional TAKEs in FY2008. Additional potential oversight issues for Congress include the estimated cost of the two TAKEs in the Navy's FY2008 UPL, the adequacy of the 31-ship amphibious-ship force-level goal, the stability of the amphibious and MPF(F) force-level goals, the clarity of the sea basing concept, the potential affordability and cost-effectiveness of the sea basing concept, sea basing's relationship to the Navy's new Global Fleet Stations (GFS) concept, and Navy and Marine Corps coordination with other services in developing the sea basing concept. This report will be updated as events warrant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 12, 2007
Accession Number
ADA470263

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Boats
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Landing Craft
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.