355-Ship Navy Takes At Least 18 Years: CBO
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on April 25, 2017 at 4:01 AM
The Virginia-class attack submarine USS Minnesota under construction in Newport News.
President Trump and the US Navy want a 355-ship fleet, but even if you double shipbuilding budgets compared to historic levels, it can’t be done until 2032, at least 12 years after the end of Trump’s current term of office. That’s the estimate offered today by the Congressional Budget Office. At a more sustainable but still expensive pace, CBO calculates, you don’t reach 355 ships until 2047, thirty years from now, when today’s five-year-olds will be old enough to run for president.
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