Long-range Navy shipbuilding plan fails on multiple levels WashTimesOpEd
must reject this downsizing and, instead, pursue options that will maximize the availability of ships and crews this decade.
• Halt the decommissioning of ships with service life left. As many as 14 ships listed for decommissioning have service life left. Rather than consign them to the scrapheap, should have these ships put into mothball. This would allow them to be returned to service, should world events dictate. Returning mothballed ships to service helped turn the tide of the Korean War and kick-started Ronald Reagan’s 600-ship buildup.’s shipbuilding plan. For example, it fails to address the current eight-ship shortfall in sealift and the military’s increasing need for fuel tankers.
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