title: Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for
 Congress
creator: O'Rourke, Ronald
publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
date: 2014-06-04
language: English
description: This report provides background information and presents potential
 issues for Congress concerning the Navy's ship force-structure goals and
 shipbuilding plans, including the planned size of the Navy, the rate of Navy
 ship procurement, and prospective affordability. Congressional decisions on
 Navy shipbuilding programs can substantially affect Navy capabilities and
 funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base.
subject: Defense policy
subject: Transportation
subject: Budgets
subject: Shipbuilding -- U.S.
subject: Government spending -- U.S.
coverage: United States
type: Report
format: 58 pages.
format: Text
identifier: crs: RL32665
identifier: local-cont-no: RL32665_2014Jun04
identifier: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306491/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metadc306491