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Table 11. Alternative With Smaller Cruiser-Destroyer
(Annual quantities procured, FY2007-FY2022)07 08 09 10 11 12 13-22 Total
DDG-1000 2a Oa 1 1 1 5
SCDb 1 2/year 21bSource: Prepared by CRS.
a. Each of the two ships to be procured in FY2007 is to be split-funded across FY2007 and FY2008.
b. Includes 2 AGS-equipped versions of smaller cruiser-destroyer (SCD), for a total (along with 5
DDG-1000s) of 7 AGS-equipped ships, and 19 air- and missile-defense versions, in lieu of
CG(X).Projected Cruiser-Destroyer Shortfall
There are at least five options for addressing the projected long-term shortfall in
cruisers and destroyers shown in Table 8, some of which can be combined:
" reduce the cruiser-destroyer force-levelrequirement to something less
than 88 ships;
" hold the cruiser-destroyer force at no more than 88 ships starting in
2017 by deactivating up to 7 "excess" cruisers and destroyers and
placing them into preservation (i.e., "mothball") status, and then
return these ships to service starting in the 2020s to help keep the
cruiser-destroyer force closer 88 ships in subsequent years;
" extend the service lives of existing and/or planned cruisers and
destroyers to 40 years;
" add up to 26 additional cruisers and destroyers of the kind currently
planned into the shipbuilding budget between now and FY2039; and
" reduce the average unit procurement cost of planned cruisers and
destroyers.
Each of these options is discussed below.
Reduce Requirement To Less Than 88 Ships. One option for addressing
the projected long-term cruiser-destroyer shortfall would be to reduce the cruiser-
destroyer force-level goal to something less than 88 ships. In assessing this option,
points that may be considered include the following:
* The Navy in early-2005 proposed maintaining in coming years a fleet
of 260 to 325 ships, with the 260-ship total including 67 cruisers and
destroyers.43
43 See CRS Report RL32665, Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background
and Issuesfor Congress, by Ronald O'Rourke. As shown in this report, the 325-ship fleet(continued...)
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