Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Navy in February 2006 proposed to maintain in coming years a fleet of 313 ships, including, among other things, 11 aircraft carriers, 48 attack submarines (SSNs), 88 cruisers and destroyers, 55 Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), 31 amphibious ships, and a Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future), or MPF(F), squadron with 12 new-construction amphibious and sealift-type ships. In conjunction with this proposed 313-ship fleet, the Navy submitted a 5-year (FY2007-FY2011) shipbuilding plan as part of the FY2007-FY2011 Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP), and a 30- year (FY2007-FY2036) shipbuilding plan that the Navy is required by law to submit each year. Whether the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) supports the Navy's proposed 313-ship fleet is uncertain. The final report on the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review supported a fleet of more than 281 ships, including 11 carriers, but did not explicitly endorse a 313-ship fleet including the numbers that the Navy has outlined for other types of ships.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 14, 2006
Accession Number
ADA472395

Entities

People

  • Ronald O'Rourke

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

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  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Airframes
  • Boats
  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems
  • Employment
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Warfare

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