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An Analysis of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2016 Shipbuilding Plan 1 (October 2015)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo2576 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 An Analysis of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2016 Shipbuilding Plan Provided as a convenience, this screen-friendly version is identical in content to the principal (printer-friendly) version of the report. Any tables, figures, and boxes appear at the end of this document; click the hyperlinked references in the text to view them Summary The Department of Defense (DoD) submitted to the Congress the Navy's 2016 shipbuilding plan for fiscal years 2016 to 2045 in April 2015.' The total annual cost of carrying out the 2016 plan-an average of about $20 billion in 2015 dollars per year over the next 30 years, the Congressional Budget Office estimates-would be one- third more than the amount the Navy has received in Congressional appropriations for shipbuilding in recent decades. The Navy's 2016 shipbuilding plan is similar to its 2015 plan with respect to the goal for the total number of battle force ships, the number and types of ships the Navy would purchase, and the funding proposed to implement its plans. The Navy Plans to Expand the Fleet to 308 Battle Force Ships The Navy's 2016 shipbuilding plan states that the service's goal (in military parlance, its requirement) is to have 308 battle force ships, consisting of aircraft carriers, submarines, surface combatants, amphibious ships, combat logistics ships, and some support ships. The 2016 shipbuilding plan falls short of the goals for some types of ships in some years, although generally the shortfalls are smaller than they have been in previous years' plans. The fleet today numbers 273 ships. Under the 2016 plan, the Navy would buy a total of 264 ships over the 2016-2045 period: 218 combat ships and 46 combat logistics and support ships (see Table 1). 1. Department of the Navy, Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for Fiscal Year 2076 (March 2015), hitp://tinyurl.com/ocrqtfc. Notes: Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts reflect budget authority in 2015 dollars, and all years are federal fiscal years, which run from October 1 to September 30 and are designated by the calendar year in which they end. Numbers in the text and tables may not add up to totals because of rounding.

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