The U.S. Navy's ship inventory and the shipbuilding and repair industrial base that supports these ships have experienced significant changes. In the next 30 ye

Unscheduled ship maintenance and repairs is a high priority for the U.S. Navy. Such repairs are sometimes beyond the capability of the ship¿s crew to perform;

The Department of Defense is likely to face years of declining resources as the U.S. government grapples with fiscal challenges. These challenges affect every a

To meet operational demands, the Navy has doubled the number of ships based overseas since 2006. Navy ships based abroad represent about 14 percent of the total