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Contents

Introduction1

IssueforCongress1

CRSReportsonIndividualNavyShipbuildingPrograms1

Background2

Navy'sForce-LevelGoal2

Navy'sExisting(355-Ship)Force-LevelGoal2

Navy'sNextForce-LevelGoal4

Navy'sFY2022,Five-Year,and30-YearShipbuildingPlans11

FY2022Five-Year(FY2021-FY2025)ShipbuildingPlan(NotYetSubmitted)11

FY202230-Year(FY2020-FY2049)ShipbuildingPlan(NotYetSubmitted)12

ProjectedForceLevelsUnder30-YearShipbuildingPlan14

IssuesfbrCongress15

KeyQuestions15

AffordabilityoftheShipbuildingPlan15

Overview15

PotentialImpactofCostGrowth16

CBOEstimateComparedtoNavyEstimate16

SustainmentCost18

CapacityofShipbuildingIndustry19

COVID-19ImpactonExecutionofShipbuildingPrograms19

DODPointPaperonImpactsfromMarch15ThroughJune15,202019

March2021PressReports21

PastExamplesofAssistancetoShipyardsandSupplierFirms22

LegislativeActivityfbrFY202224

CRSReportsTrackingLegislationonSpecificNavyShipbuildingPrograms24

FY2022FundingRequesttoBeSubmittedLaterThisYear24

SummaryofCongressionalActiononFY2021FundingRequest24

Tables

Table1.355-ShipForce-LevelGoal2

Table2.Force-LevelGoalinDocumentReleasedonDecember9,2020,Comparedto

355-ShipForce-LevelGoal6

Table3.FY2021Five-Year(FY2021-FY2025)ShipbuildingPlanUnderOriginal

FY2021BudgetSubmission12

Table4.FY202030-Year(FY2020-FY2049)ShipbuildingPlan13

Table5.ProjectedForceLevelsResultingfromFY202030-YearShipbuildingPlan14

Table6.SummaryofCongressionalActiononFY2021FundingRequest25

TableA-l.EarlierNavyForce-StructureGoalsDatingBackto200126

TableG-l.TotalNumberofShipsinNavySinceFY194847

TableG-2.BattleForceShipsProcuredorRequested,FY1982-FY202548

Appendixes

AppendixA.EarlierNavyForce-StructureGoalsDatingBackto200126

AppendixB.ComparingPastShipForceLevelstoCurrentorPotentialFutureLevels28

AppendixC.IndustrialBaseandEmploymentAspectsofAdditionalShipbuildingWork31

AppendixD.ASummaryofSomeAcquisitionLessonsLearnedforNavyShipbuilding41

AppendixE.SomeConsiderationsRelatingtoWarrantiesinShipbuildingContracts42

AppendixF.AvoidingProcurementCostGrowthvs.MinimizingProcurementCosts44

AppendixG.SizeoftheNavyandNavyShipbuildingRate46

AppendixH.Effortin2019and2020toDevelopNewNavyForce-LevelGoal49

Contacts

AuthorInformation54

Introduction

IssueforCongress

ThisreportpresentsbackgroundinformationandissuesforCongressconcerningtheNavy'sforce

structureandshipbuildingplans.ThecurrentandplannedsizeandcompositionoftheNavy,the

annualrateofNavyshipprocurement,theprospectiveaffordabilityoftheNavy'sshipbuilding

plans,andthecapacityoftheU.S.shipbuildingindustrytoexecutetheNavy'sshipbuildingplans

havebeenoversightmattersforthecongressionaldefensecommitteesformanyyears.

TheissueforCongressiswhethertoapprove,reject,ormodifytheNavy'sproposedFY2022

shipbuildingprogramandtheNavy'slonger-termshipbuildingplans.DecisionsthatCongress

makesonthisissuecansubstantiallyaffectNavycapabilitiesandfundingrequirementsandthe

U.S.shipbuildingindustrialbase.

CRSReportsonIndividualNavyShipbuildingPrograms

DetailedcoverageofcertainindividualNavyshipbuildingprogramscanbefoundinthe

followingCRSreports:

•CRSReportR41129,NavyColumbia(SSBN-826)ClassBallisticMissile

SubmarineProgram:BackgroundandIssuesforCongressybyRonaldO'Rourke.

•CRSReportRL32418,NavyVirginia(SSN-774)ClassAttackSubmarine

Procurement:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

•CRSReportRS20643,NavyFord(CVN-78)ClassAircraftCarrierProgram:

BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

•CRSInFocusIF11679,NavyDDG(X)FutureLargeSurfaceCombatant

Program:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

•CRSReportRL32109,NavyDDG-51andDDG-1000DestroyerPrograms:

BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

•CRSReportR44972,NavyConstellation(FFG-62)ClassFrigate(Previously

FFG[X])Program:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

•CRSReportR43543,NavyLPD-17FlightIIandLHAAmphibiousShip

Programs:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

•CRSReportR46374,NavyLightAmphibiousWarship(LAW)Program:

BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

•CRSReportR43546,NavyJohnLewis(TAO-205)ClassOilerShipbuilding

Program:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

•CRSInFocusIF11674,NavyNext-GenerationLogisticsShip(NGLS)Program:

BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

•CRSReportR45757,NavyLargeUnmannedSurfaceandUnderseaVehicles:

BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

Background

Navy'sForce-LevelGoal

Navy'sExisting(355-Ship)Force-LevelGoal

355-ShipGoalReleasedinDecember2016

TheNavy'sexistingforce-levelgoal,whichtheNavyreleasedonDecember15,2016,callsfor

achievingandmaintainingafleetof355shipsofthetypesandnumbersshowninTableI.1

Table1.355-ShipForce-LevelGoal

ShipCategoryNumberofships

Ballisticmissilesubmarines(SSBNs)12

Atucksubmarines(SSNs)66

Aircraftcarriers(CVNs)12

Largesurfacecombatants(i.e.,cruisers[CGs]anddestroyers[DDGs])104

Smallsurfacecombatants(i.e.,frigates[FFGs],LittoralCombatShips,andminewarfareships)52

Amphibiousships38

CombatLogisticsForce(CLF)ships(i.e.,at-searesupplyships)32

Commandandsupportships39

TOTAL355

Source:U.S.Navy,ReporttoCongressontheAnnualLong-RangePlanforConstructionofNavalVesselsfbrFiscalYear

2020,TableA-1onpage10.

355-ShipFleetIsaGoaltoBeAttainedintheFuture

The355-shipfleetisagoaltobeattainedinthefuture.AsshowninTableG-l,theactualsizeof

theNavyinrecentyearshasgenerallybeenbetween270and300ships.Increasingthenumerical

sizeoftheNavyfrom300shipsto355wouldequatetoanincreaseofabout18%.

355-ShipGoalMadeU.S.PolicybyFY2018NDAA

Congressmadethe355-shipgoalU.S.policyviaSection1025oftheFY2018NationalDefense

AuthorizationAct,orNDAA(H.R.2810/P.L.115-91ofDecember12,2017).2

1ForpreviousNavyforce-levelgoals,seeAppendixA.

2Section1025ofP.L.115-91states

SEC.1025.PolicyoftheUnitedStatesonminimumnumberofbattleforceships.

(a)Policy.—ItshallbethepolicyoftheUnitedStatestohaveavailable,assoonaspracticable,not

fewerthan355battleforceships,comprisedoftheoptimalmixofplatforms,withfundingsubject

totheavailabilityofappropriationsorotherfunds.

(b)Battleforceshipsdefined.-Inthissection,theterm“battleforceship“hasthemeaninggiven

theterminSecretaryoftheNavyInstruction5030.8C.

355-ShipGoalResultedfromaForceStructureAssessment(FSA)Donein2016

The355-shipforce-levelgoalistheresultofaForceStructureAssessment(FSA)conductedby

theNavyin2016.AnFSAisananalysisinwhichtheNavysolicitsinputsfromU.S.regional

combatantcommanders(CCDRs)regardingthetypesandamountsofNavycapabilitiesthat

CCDRsdeemnecessaryforimplementingtheNavy'sportionofthenationalmilitarystrategy,

andthentranslatesthoseCCDRinputsintorequirednumbersofships,usingcurrentand

projectedNavyshiptypes.TheanalysistakesintoaccountNavycapabilitiesforbothwarfighting

andday-to-dayforward-deployedpresence.*3

TheNavyconductsanewFSAoranupdatetotheexistingFSAeveryfewyears,as

circumstancesrequire,todetermineitsforce-levelgoal.PreviousNavyforce-levelgoalsthat

resultedfromearlierFSAareshowninAppendixA.

Navy'sForce-LevelGoalIsNotJustaSingleNumber

AlthoughtheresultofanFSAisoftenreducedforconveniencetosinglenumber(e.g.,355ships),

FSAstakeintoaccountanumberoffactors,includingtypesandcapabilitiesofNavyships,

aircraft,unmannedvehicles,andweapons,aswellasshiphomeportingarrangementsand

operationalcycles.Thus,althoughthenumberofshipscalledforbyanFSAmightappeartobea

one-dimensionalfigure,itactuallyincorporatesmultipleaspectsofNavycapabilityandcapacity.

355-ShipGoalIncludesOnlyMannedShips

The355-shipforce-levelgoal,likepreviousNavyforce-levelgoals,includesmannedshipsonly.

TheNavyhasoperatedsmallerunmannedsurfacevehicles(USVs)andunmannedunderwater

vehicles(UUVs)formanyyears,butbecausetheseunmannedvehicles(UVs)arelaunchedfrom

mannedshipstoactessentiallyasextensionsofthemannedships,theyhavenotbeenconsidered

shipsintheirownrightandconsequentlyhavenotbeenincludedinthetop-levelexpressionof

theNavy'sforce-levelgoalorthepubliclycitedfigureforthenumberofshipsintheNavy.

Navy'sNextForce-LevelGoalMightIncludeLargeUnmannedVehicles(UVs)

Intheyearssincethe2016FSA,theNavyhasdevelopedplanstoacquirelargeUSVsandUUVs.

Becauseoftheirsizeandprojectedcapabilities,theselargeUVsaretobedeployeddirectlyfrom

pier,ratherthanfrommannedships,toperformmissionsthatmightotherwisebeassignedto

mannedshipsandsubmarines.4Inviewofthis,someobservershaveraisedaquestionasto

whethertheselargeUVsshouldbeincludedinthetop-levelexpressionoftheNavy'snextforce­

levelgoal(seenextsection)andthepubliclycitedfigureforthenumberofshipsintheNavy.

DepartmentofDefense(DOD)officialssincelate2019havesentmixedsignalsonthisquestion,

ThetermbattleforceshipsintheaboveprovisionreferstotheshipsthatcounttowardthequotedsizeoftheNavyin

publicpolicydiscussionsabouttheNavy.ThebattleforceshipsmethodfbrcountingthenumberofshipsintheNavy

wasestablishedin1981byagreementbetweentheSecretaryoftheNavyandtheSecretaryofDefense,andhasbeen

modifiedsomewhatovertime,inpartbySection1021oftheCarlLevinandHowardP."Buck"McKeonNational

DefenseAuthorizationActfbrFiscalYear2015(H.R.3979/P.L.113-291ofDecember19,2014).

3Forfurtherdiscussion,seeU.S.Navy,ExecutiveSummaty,2016NavyForceStructureAssessment(FSA),December

15,2016,pp.1-2.

4ForfurtherdiscussionoftheselargeUVs,seeCRSReportR45757,NavyLargeUnmannedSurfaceandUndersea

Vehicles:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

butSeptember2020indicatedthattheNavy'snextforce-levelgoal(seenextsection)willinclude

largeUVs.5

Navy'sNextForce-LevelGoal

WorkonNavy'sNextForce-LevelGoalUnderwaySince2019

TheNavyandDODsince2019havebeenworkingtodevelopanewforce-levelgoaltoreplace

thecurrent355-shipforce-levelgoal.Theconclusionofthisworkandthereleaseofitsresultsto

Congresshavebeendelayedrepeatedlysincelate-2019.

NextNavyForce-LevelGoalWillIntroduceMoreDistributedFleetArchitecture

RemarksfromNavyandDODofficialssince2019haveindicatedthattheNavy'snextforce­

levelgoalwillintroduceaonce-in-a-generationchangeinfleetarchitecture,meaningbasicthe

typesofshipsthatmakeuptheNavyandhowtheseshipsareusedincombinationwithone

anothertoperformNavymissions.Thisnewfleetarchitectureistobemoredistributedthanthe

fleetarchitecturereflectedinthe355-shipgoalorpreviousNavyforce-levelgoals.Inparticular,

thenewfleetarchitectureisexpectedtofeature

•asmallerproportionoflargerships(suchaslarge-deckaircraftcarriers,cruisers,

destroyers,largeamphibiousships,andlargeresupplyships);

•alargerproportionofsmallerships(suchasfrigates,corvettes,smaller

amphibiousships,smallerresupplyships,andperhapssmalleraircraftcarriers);

and

•anewthirdtierofsurfacevesselsaboutaslargeascorvettesorlargepatrolcraft

thatwillbeeitherlightlymanned,optionallymanned,orunmanned,aswellas

largeUUVs.

、InDecember2019,itwasreportedthattheOfficeofManagementandBudget(OMB)haddirectedtheNavyto

includeinitsFY2021budgetsubmissionalegislativeproposaltoformallychangethedefinitionofwhichshipscount

towardthequotedsizeoftheNavy(knownasthenumberofbattleforceships)toincludenotonlymannedships,but

alsolargeUVsthatoperateessentiallyasunmannedships.(SeeJustinKatz,"OMB:PentagonMustSubmitProposalto

'Redefine'BattleforceShipstoIncludeUnmannedVehicles,InsideDefense,December20,2019;JosephTrevithick,

“WhiteHouseAsksNavyToIncludeNewUnmannedVesselsInItsAmbitious355ShipFleetPlan,“TheDrive,

December2(),2019;PaulMcCleary,“NavyToSlash24Shipsin2021Plan,BolsterUnmannedEffort,Breaking

Defense,December2(),2019,DavidB.Larter,44PentagonProposesBigCutstoUSNavyDestroyerConstruction,

Retiring13Cruisers,“DefenseNews,December24,2019.)

InJanuary2020,AdmiralMichaelGilday,theChiefofNavalOperations,statedthatthetop-levelexpressionofthe

shipforce-levelgoalresultingfromtheNavy'snextFSAwouldnotincludeUVs.(See,forexample,SamLaGrone,

“CNOGildayCallsforBudgetIncreasetoReach355ShipFleet;NewBattleForceCountWon'tIncludeUnmanned

Ships,“USNINews,January14,2020;RichAbott,t4CNO:ShipCountWillNotIncludeUnmanned;BiggerTopline

NeededForFleetGoal,“DefenseDaily,January15,2020;JohnM.Doyle,“CNOWantsLargerSliceofDefense

BudgettoModernize,MeetChinaThreat,“Seapower,January15,2020;RichAbott,t4CNO:ShipCountWillNot

IncludeUnmanned;BiggerToplineNeededForFleetGoal,“DefenseDaily,January15,2020.)

InSeptember2020,then-SecretaryofDefenseMarkEspersignaledthatthestatedship-forcelevelgoalwillinclude

largeUVs.(See,fbrexample,MeganEckstein,t4Esper:UnmannedVesselsWillAllowtheNavytoReach355-Ship

Fleet；*USNINews,September18,2020.)

NavyandDODleadersbelievethatshiftingtoamoredistributedfleetarchitectureis

•operationallynecessary,torespondeffectivelytotheimprovingmaritimeanti-

access/area-denial(A2/AD)capabilitiesofothercountries,particularlyChina;6

•technicallyfeasibleasaresultofadvancesintechnologiesforUVsandfor

networkingwidelydistributedmaritimeforcesthatincludesignificantnumbers

ofUVs;and

•affordable—nomoreexpensive,andpossiblylessexpensive,thanthecurrent

fleetarchitectureforagivenlevelofoverallfleetcapability,soastofitwithin

expectedfutureNavybudgets.

Regardingthefirstpointabove,shiftingtoamoredistributedforcearchitecture,Navyand

MarineCorpsofficialshaveindicated,willsupportimplementationoftheNavyandMarineCorps9

newoverarchingoperationalconcept,calledDistributedMaritimeOperations(DMO),anda

supportingMarineCorpsoperationalconceptcalledExpeditionaryAdvancedBaseOperations

(EABO).7AkeyaimofDM0andEABOistoimprovetheabilityoftheNavyandMarineCorps

tocounterChina'simprovingmaritimemilitarycapabilities.

SomeelementsoftheNavy'snew,moredistributedfleetarchitecturewerereflectedinthe

Navy'sproposedFY2021budget.Inparticular,theNavy'sproposedFY2021budgetincluded

fundingforthefollowing:

•procurementofFFG-62-classfrigates;8

•developmentofasmalleramphibiouswarshipcalledtheLightAmphibious

Warship(LAW);9

•developmentofasmallerresupplyshipcalledtheNext-GenerationMedium

LogisticsShip;10

6See,example,DavidB.Larter,“WithChinaGunningforAircraftCarriers,USNavySaysItMustChangeHowIt

Fights,“DefenseNews,December6,2019;ArthurH.Barber,“RedesigntheFleet,"U.S.NavalInstituteProceedings,

January2019.SomeobservershavelongurgedtheNavytoshifttoamoredistributedfleetarchitecture,onthegrounds

thattheNavy'scurrentarchitecture—whichconcentratesmuchofthefleet'scapabilityintoarelativelylimitednumber

ofindividuallylargerandmoreexpensivesurfaceships—isincreasinglyvulnerabletoattackbytheimprovingA2/AD

capabilities(particularlyanti-shipmissilesandtheirsupportingdetectionandtargetingsystems)ofpotentialadversaries,

particularlyChina.Shiftingtoamoredistributedarchitecture,theseobservershaveargued,would

,complicateanadversary'stargetingchallengebypresentingtheadversarywithalargernumberofNavyunits

todetect,identify,andtrack;

,reducethelossinaggregateNavycapabilitythatwouldresultfromthedestructionofanindividualNavy

platform:

,giveU.S.leaderstheoptionofdeployingUSVsandUUVsinwartimetosealocationsthatwouldbe

tacticallyadvantageousbuttooriskyformannedships;and

•increasethemodularityandreconfigurabilityofthefleetforadaptingtochangingmissionneeds.

FormoreonChina'smaritimeA2/ADcapabilities,seeCRSReportRL33153,ChinaNavalModernization:

ImplicationsforU.S.NavyCapabilities—BackgroundandIssuesJbrCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

7FormoreonDM0,see,fbrexample,EdwardLundquist,“DMOisNavy'sOperationalApproachtoWinningthe

High-EndFightatSea,“Seapower,February2,2021.FormoreonEABO,seeCRSReportR46374,NavyLight

AmphibiousWarship(LAW)Program:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

*FormoreontheFFG-62program,seeCRSReportR44972,NavyConstellation(FFG-62)ClassFrigate(Previously

FFG[XI)Program:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

9FormoreontheLAWprogram,seeCRSReportR46374,NavyLightAmphibiousWarship(LAW)Program:

BackgroundandIssuesforCongress^byRonaldO'Rourke.

10Formoreonthenext-generationMediumLogisticsShip,see,fbrexample,MeganEckstein,“NavyResearchingNew

•developmentoftwotypesoflargerUSVs—LargeUSVs(LUSVs)andMedium

USVs(MUSVs);*****11and

•procurementoflargeUUVscalledExtraLargeUUVs(XLUUVs).12

Foradditionalbackgroundinformationontheeffortin2019and2020todevelopanewNavy

force-levelgoal,seeAppendixH.

December9,2020,DocumentOutliningaPossibleNewNavyForce-LevelGoal

OnDecember9,2020,theoutgoingTrumpAdministrationreleasedadocumentpresentingan

envisionedNavyforce-levelgoalforachievingby2045aNavywithamoredistributedfleet

architecture,including382to446mannedshipsand143to242largeUVs.13Table2compares

theforce-levelgoalinthisdocumentwiththe355-shipforce-levelgoal.

Table2.Force-LevelGoalinDocumentReleasedonDecember9,2020,

Comparedto355-ShipForce-LevelGoal

355-Force-levelgoalin

shipdocumentreleased

ShiptypegoalonDecember9,2020Difference

Ballisticmissilesubmarines(SSBNs)12120

Attacksubmarines(SSNs)6672to78+6to+12

Largeaircraftcarriers(CVNs)128to1la-4to-1

Lightaircraftcarriers(CVLs)0Oto6b0to+6

Largesurfacecombatants(cruisersanddestroyers)10473to88-31to-16

Smallsurfacecombatants(frigatesandLittoralCombatShips[LCSs])5260to67+8to+15

Amphibiousships3861to67+23to+29

Large-deck(LHA/LHD)129to10-3to-2

LPD-type26一—

LightAmphibiousWarships(LAWs)0cc

LPD-typeandLAWscombined2652to57^+26to+31c

CombatLogisticsForce(CLF)ships3269to87d+37to+55d

Commandandsupportships3927to30-12to-9

ClassofMediumAmphibiousShip,NewLogisticsShips,“USNINews,February20,2020;RichAboil,“FY2021

RequestStartsWorkonFutureAmphibsandLogisticsShipsJDefenseDaily,February20,2020;JustinKatz,4tNavy

Announces4NextGenerationLogisticsShip'ProgramwithJune25IndustryDay,"InsideDefense,May14,2020;Paul

McLeary,44NoShipbuildingPlan,ButNavyWorksOnNewShipsToCounterChina,MBreakingDefense,May18,

2020.

11FormoreontheLUSVandXLUUVprograms,seeCRSReportR45757,NavyLargeUnmannedSurfaceand

UnderseaVehicles:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

12FormoreontheXLUUVprogram,seeCRSReportR45757,NavyLargeUnmannedSurfaceandUndersea

Vehicles:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

13U.S.Navy,ReporttoCongressontheAnnualLong-RangePlanforConstructionofNavalVessels,December2020,

23pp.SeealsoRussVoughtAndRobertO'Brien,“TheNavyStopsTakingOnWater,WallStreetJournal,December

9,2020;MarcusWeisgerberandKatieBoWilliams,“WhiteHouseShipbuildingPlanWouldShrinkFordCarrierClass

OverNavyObjections,“DefenseOne,December9,2020;MeganEckstein,"UPDATED:WhiteHouse-LedNavy

ShipbuildingPlanSettoWillPushBoundariesofPentagonBudgets,IndustryCapacity,MUSNINews,December10,

2020.

355-Force-levelgoalin

shipdocumentreleased

ShiptypegoalonDecember9,2020Difference

Subtotalmannedships355382to446+27to+91

Unmannedandoptionallymannedships

Largeandmediumunmannedsurfacevessels(LUSVsandMUSVs)0119to166+119to+166

Extra-largeunmannedunderwatervehicles(XLUUVs)024to76+24to+76

Subtotalunmannedandoptionallymannedships0143to242+143to+242

TOTALmannedandunmannedships355525to688+170to+333

Source:TablepreparedbyCRSbasedonU.S.Navydatafor355-shipplanandU.S.Navy,ReporttoCongresson

theAnnualLong-RangePlanforConstructionofNavalVessels,December2020,TableAl-Ionpp.9-10.

a.ThedocumentreleasedonDecember9,2020,states:"Lower[endofthe]rangemaybeenabledby

acquisitionofcost-effectiveCVL.M

b.ThedocumentreleasedonDecember9,2020,states:"Furtherstudyofcost-effectiveCVLcapabilitiesand

capacityrequired?,

c.CurrentNavyplanscallforanotionaltoulof28to30LAWs—seeCRSReportR46374,NavyLight

AmphibiousWarship(LAW)Program:BackgroundandIssuesforCongress,byRonaldO'Rourke.

d.ThedocumentreleasedonDecember9,2020,states:"IncludesNextGenerationLogisticShips(NGLS).

Logisticsforcesize/mixsubjecttoon-goinganalysis.**

SomeObservationsontheDecember9,2020,Document

ObservationsontheDecember9,2020,documentincludethefollowing:

•TheDecember9,2020,documentisnottheFY202130-yearshipbuildingplan,

becausethefive-yearand30-yearshipbuildingtablesinthedocumentbeginwith

FY2022,notFY2021(astheywouldforanFY202130-yearshipbuildingplan),

andbecausethedatainthedocument'sfive-yearshipbuildingtableincludes

changesfromtheNavy'sFY2021five-year(FY2021-FY2025)shipbuildingplan

fortheyearsFY2022-FY2025.AnFY202130-yearshipbuildingplanwould

havefive-yearand30-yeartablesbeginningwithFY2021,andthedetailsforthe

periodFY2022-FY2025wouldmatchthoseoftheNavy'sFY2021five-year

(FY2021-FY2025)shipbuildingplan.TheFY202130-yearshipbuildingplanwas

notsubmitted.

•TheDecember9,2020,documentisnotafinalversionoftheFY2022

shipbuildingplan.ThefinalversionoftheFY202230-yearshipbuildingplanisto

besubmittedinconjunctionwithDOD'sproposedFY2022budget,whichistobe

submittedtoCongresslaterthisyear.

•TheDecember9,2020,documentcanbeviewedastheoutgoingTrump

Administration'sownvisionforfutureNavyforcestructure14and/oradraft

versionoftheFY202230-yearNavyshipbuildingplan.Itisnotunprecedented

foranoutgoingAdministrationtopresent,initsfinalwee