The Navy's maintenance troubles are getting worse
Story by Nicholas Slayton • Yesterday 5:27 PM
The U.S. Navy’s ships are costing more to repair and spending less time in operation. Those are the findings in a new report from the Government Accountability Office. It found that total costs for operating and servicing 10 classes of ships rose by $2.5 billion over a decade, and hours at sea declined. That’s even as the overall number of ships grew in that 10-year period.
The biggest problems have been increased maintenance delays, coupled with a rise of parts shortages, forcing crews to cannibalize parts for repairs. The report — a public version of one created in December 2022 — studied the 2011-2021 fiscal years, and found that the total cost for operating the 151 vessels it looked at reached $17 billion in the 2020 fiscal year.
“Over time this situation has resulted in worsening ship conditions and increased costs to repair and sustain ships,” the report said.
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