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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. / NOTE: Research rept. / Supplementary Notes: Updated August 4, 2004; previous version dated March 1, 2002. This report will be updated as events warrant. / Availability Note: Product reproduced from digital image. Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA, 22161, USA. |