Report to Congress on Navy Medium Landing Ship
The following is the Navy Medium Landing Ship (LSM) (Previously Light Amphibious Warship [LAW]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress on July 23, 2024. …
Report: Lasers on U.S. Navy Ships
The following is from the introduction to the Congressional Research Service’s April, 24 2013 report: Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface,…
Navy to Decommission Two Oilers in Cost Saving Scheme
The Navy will decommission two of Military Sealift Command’s youngest refueling and Fleet support ships in a bid to save…
Navy Stands Behind 2015 Cruiser Cuts
“Money is better spent on buying back the life of younger ships” with 25 to 30 years left, than putting…
Stackley: Funding Ohio Replacement ‘Daunting Challenge’
“The most daunting challenge” facing the Navy’s newly released shipbuilding plan is paying for the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine replacement when…
CNO: Sequestration Puts New Missile Sub At Risk
The Chief of Naval Operations said the Ohio-class replacement is his “number one program of concern,” although it remains “on…
Department of Navy Testimony Before HASC Seapower
The following is the Department of the Navy submitted testimony before a April, 24 2013 hearing before the House Armed…
Document: Coast Guard Commandant Papp’s Senate Testimony
Testimony from U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert Papp at the April, 23 USCG budget hearing before the U.S. Senate. …
Navy 30 Year Ship Plan Commits to BMD, LCS
The U.S. Navy has placed an emphasis on ballistic missile defense and a commitment to a next-generation Littoral Combat Ship…
Document: US Navy 2014 Long Range Shipbuilding Plan
The following is a draft of the 2014 U.S. Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan, obtained by USNI News The plan, presented…
Document: US Navy Program Guide 2013
From the document’s forward by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert: The U.S. Navy is the world’s most lethal,…