On 22 January the Congressional Research Service released an 80 page report on the US Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress. The current and planned size and composition of the Navy, the annual rate of Navy ship procurement, the prospective affordability of the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, the capacity of the US shipbuilding industry to execute the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, and Navy proposals for retiring existing ships have been oversight matters for the congressional defense committees for many years.
