Despite record budgets, the US Navy is short hundreds of millions for maintenance
By: David B. Larter  
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is short hundreds of millions of dollars for ship depot maintenance this year and is already looking at just shy of $1 billion in unfunded maintenance in 2020, shortfalls that threaten to upend progress toward improved readiness and clearing its maintenance backlog.
During a midyear review of 2019 budget spending, the Navy found it had more than $3 billion in emergency costs that needed to be covered, including nearly $1 billion for ship depot maintenance. And while it’s unclear to what degree the 2019 and 2020 shortfalls overlap, there is at the very least nearly $1 billion in unfunded ship repair, meaning the fleet will need to find money or defer to later dates, according to three sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2019/08/19/despite-record-budgets-the-us-navy-is-short-hundreds-of-millions-for-maintenance/
