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Funds for Navy Repair Facilities, European Defense Initiative Shifted to Border Wall

4 September 2019

The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) is dry-docked at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Virginia, on April 23, 2019. US Navy Photo

Navy repair facilities in Virginia and Washington State, planned port improvements for U.S. ships in Spain and a new treatment center for working dogs in Guantanamo Bay are among the military construction projects that will have their funds rerouted to build $3.6 billion in barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border.

On Tuesday, Secretary of the...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/04/funds-for-navy-repair-facilities-european-defense-initiative-shifted-to-border-wall

Navy Needs More Dry Docks for Repairs, Says First-Ever Maintenance Report

21 March 2019

Sailors watch as the portside anchor of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is lowered into a dry dock for maintenance on March 15, 2019. US Navy Photo

The Navy released its first-ever long-range ship maintenance and modernization plan amid a growing fleet and a growing backlog of repair work, and the report highlights challenges in dealing with chronic mismatches between maintenance requirements and yards’ capacity.

The report, Report to Congress on the Long-Range Plan for...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/21/navy-needs-dry-docks-repairs-says-first-ever-maintenance-report

$2.34B in Navy, Marine Construction Projects on List of Potential Border Security Bill-Payers

19 March 2019

The portside anchor of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is lowered into a dry dock for maintenance. GHWB is currently in Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Va. US Navy Photo

At a time the Navy is trying to improve fleet readiness, two construction projects intended to address submarine maintenance backlogs and support Littoral Combat Ship crews are at risk of being delayed because their funding could be diverted to pay for increased border security along the U.S. border with Mexico.

The...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/19/41965

CBO: Attack Submarine Repairs are Cheaper at Private Yards

13 September 2018

USS Miami arrives at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine in 2012. US Navy Photo

The Congressional Budget Office found that a common type of attack submarine maintenance availability is actually less expensive to perform at private shipyards than at the Navy’s own public naval shipyards, according to a summary of the report obtained by USNI News.

The four public shipyards that do maintenance work on nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers have experienced massive backlogs in recent years,...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/13/cbo-attack-submarine-repairs-cheaper-private-yards-navys-yard

Executive Summary to Naval Shipyard Recapitalization and Optimization Plan

12 September 2018

The following is the executive summary to Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) shipyard optimization plan, which lays out a 20-year, $21-billion plan to improve the four public shipyards. The full report will not be released to the public, and the redacted summary was released on Sept. 12.

Executive Summary

The Navy’s four public shipyards – Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/12/executive-summary-to-naval-shipyard-recapitalization-and-optimization-plan

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