Navy Maintenance: Selected Private and Public Shipyard Manday Rates' Cost Elements

In response to a congressional request, GAO examined: (1) the man-day rates of Navy ship maintenance work performed in selected private and public shipyards; (2) the Navy's reasons for overhauling West Coast-based aircraft carriers at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; (3) whether the public yard rates included all overhead costs; and (4) whether a comparison of rates might show overhaul on the West Coast to be more cost-effective.