The Navy completed the midlife "refueling complex overhaul" (RCOH) of USS George Washington (CVN 73) at NNS in May. aircraft carriers are built by HII Corporate, formerly Huntington Ingalls Industries, at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), of Newport News, Va. Two more ships on the CVN 78 class are on order, CVN-80 (Enterprise) and CVN-81 (Doris Miller). Kennedy (CVN 79), is scheduled to enter service in 2025. The second ship of the CVN 78 class, John F. (CVN 78), which was commissioned in 2017. "The Navy projects that under its FY2024 budget submission, the Navy would include 293 battle force ships at the end of FY2024 and 291 battle force ships at the end of FY2028."īut there is progress, including modernizations of existing classes of ships and new construction programs. Navy aims to achieve a 355-ship fleet, it is decommissioning older (and some not so old) ships at about the same rate it's adding new ones.Ī Congressional Research Service report stated that, as of April 17, 2023, the Navy included 296 battle force ships. The Navy wants, and needs, more ships but it can’t build them fast enough.
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