Navy Battle Force Tally Dips By 2, After New Ship-Counting Rules Postpone Zumwalt Destroyers
By: Megan Eckstein
August 21, 2018 4:39 PM • Updated: August 22, 2018 8:14 PM
This post has been updated to include an Aug. 22 statement by the Navy.
When the president signed the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act last week, most of the contents of the 788 pages of legislation would take some time to go into effect.
But one thing happened right away: the Navy’s count of deployable battle force ships dropped by two.
https://news.usni.org/2018/08/21/navy-battle-force-tally-dips-2-new-ship-counting-rules-postpone-zumwalt-destroyers
