Navy Ships: Information on Benefits and Costs of Establishing New Homeports

NSIAD-86-146 Published: Jun 03, 1986. Publicly Released: Jun 03, 1986.

Highlights

In response to a congressional request, GAO reported on the Navy's reasons for increasing the number of home ports, the scope and cost of developing the new home ports, and the cost of home-porting the ships in existing home ports versus the cost of home-porting them in new ports.

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Topics

Government Operations

Comparative analysisCost effectiveness analysisDefense contingency planningEmergency preparednessHarborsMaintenance (upkeep)Naval basesNaval facilitiesProjectionsShipyards