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Navy Maintenance: Fewer Shipyards May Be Needed As Ship Repair Requirements Decline

NSIAD-93-23 Published: Nov 18, 1992. Publicly Released: Nov 18, 1992.
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GAO reviewed the Navy's efforts to maintain the ship repair industrial base.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should direct the Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, to use a regional threat scenario and reduced fleet size as major factors in mobilization planning for ship repair requirements.
Closed – Implemented
DOD agreed that reduced fleet size and regional threat scenarios should be major factors in calculating ship repair requirements. Navy policy to this effect has been promulgated and distributed throughout the Navy.
Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should use the results of plans based on the regional threat scenario as a principal basis for his recommendations to close or realign public shipyards.
Closed – Implemented
DOD stated that regional threat scenarios will be considered as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process. In fact, two shipyards (Charleston and Mare Island) are scheduled for closure as a result of the 1993 base closure process.

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Topics

Defense contingency planningDefense industryEquipment maintenanceEquipment repairsMobilizationNaval suppliesReductions in forceShipbuilding industryShipyardsMilitary forces