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Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress |
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Source: Congressional Research Service |
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Ref: RL32665 |
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Issued Dec. 22, 2009 |
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43 pages in PDF format
The US Navy’s proposed FY2010 budget, submitted in May 2009, originally requested funding for eight new Navy ships. This total included two relatively expensive, high-capability combatant ships (a Virginia-class attack submarine and a DDG-51 class Aegis destroyer) and six relatively inexpensive ships (three Littoral Combat Ships [LCSs], two TAKE-1 auxiliary dry cargo ships, and one Joint High Speed Vessel [JHSV]).
The Navy in September 2009 reduced the LCS request to two ships, reducing the total requested number of all types of ships to seven, of which five were relatively inexpensive LCSs, TAKE-1s, and JHSVs. The Navy’s proposed FY2010 budget also requested procurement funding for certain Navy ships that were procured but not fully funded in prior years, and advance procurement funding for certain other Navy ships to be procured in future years.
Concerns about the Navy’s prospective ability to afford its long-range shipbuilding plan, combined with year-to-year changes in Navy shipbuilding plans and significant cost growth and other problems in building certain new Navy ships, have led to strong concerns among some Members about the status of Navy shipbuilding and the potential future size and capabilities of the fleet.
As the CRS has no publicly accessible website, this report is hosted on the website of the Federation of American Scientists.
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