Navy Ships: Costs of Homeporting the U.S.S. Missouri in Pearl Harbor Versus Long Beach

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) compared the costs to home-port the U.S.S. Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with those to permanently home-port the battleship in Long Beach, California; and (2) determined whether each location had sufficient repair and maintenance facilities to dry-dock and overhaul the battleship.