CNO's 313 ships plan would fix most fleet limitations
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The Congressional Research Service (CRS) testimony report has suggested that a proposal to increase the current Navy fleet size to 313 ships and submarines might resolve most of the operational limitations of the current 281-vessels fleet. Adm. Michael Mullen, chief of naval operations (CNO), has proposed a plan to increase the Navy fleet to 313 ships and submarines in a report to Congress and the CRS testimony was prepared for a hearing on evolving missions of the US Navy and surface and subsurface assets on March 6, 2006.
Publication Name: Defense Today
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Year: 2006
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CRS study: Future fleet plan doesn't reflect new-ships needs
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A newly updated report of the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) in 2006 revealed that the US Navy plan to increase the fleet to 313 ships and submarines from the current 281 would require increasing the number of ships built to an average of 11.2 ships and boats per year. That catch-up rate would be faster pace of shipbuilding than the Navy has seen in 14 years, and one more ship than the 10.2 annual average that the Navy plant envisages.
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Year: 2006
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Clark hints crew swaps may reduce need for 375 ships
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Adm. Vern Clark, chief of naval operations stated that the process called Sea Swap, which involves rotating fresh crews onto a ship thus eliminating the transition time from its forward deployed post to the home port, could reduce the need for the Navy to build a fleet of 375 ships in order to meet mission requirements in the 21st century.
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Year: 2004
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