The US Navy (USN) continues to face surface-ship maintenance hurdles despite spending tens of billions of dollars for such ...

The study focused on 149 non-nuclear surface vessels that the Navy operates as of 2024, including destroyers, cruisers and ...

A new watchdog report says from fiscal years 2011 through 2021, "surface ships faced persistent and worsening sustainment ...

The U.S. Navy has started seeking proposals for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contract with a ...

There has been talk about bringing in a second shipyard to help with the ... are well in line with what the GAO has now ...

Why GAO Did This Study In October 2015, the U.S.-flagged cargo vessel SS El Faro sank, killing all 33 crew members. Federal accident reports from December 2017 cited that a contributing factor was ...

The report comes after Marine Corps leaders issued repeated warnings over the condition of the fleet and the Navy authorized spending nearly $10 billion on replacement ships -- but at the same time ...

In classic U.S. shipyard fashion ... repairs of ships that were already past their service lives. GAO complained that the Navy did not properly oversee the project, which is why these poor ...

The following is the Jan. 23, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Medium Landing Ship (LSM) Program: Background ...

The SIOP was developed after Congress directed the Navy to address the poor conditions at its primary shipyards, which were documented in a 2017 GAO report, to better serve the nuclear-powered ...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO ... outdated shipyard infrastructure and labor shortages have delayed these overhauls, leading to critical operational gaps. The Navy’s readiness ...