![Logo of Maritime Reporter and Engineering News](https://images.marinelink.com/images/magazines/w100/MaritimeReporter-198603-page1.png)
Page 10: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (March 1986)
Read this page in Pdf, Flash or Html5 edition of March 1986 Maritime Reporter Magazine
1
LATEST CHANGES
U.S. NAVY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM
Quarterly Update On U.S.
Navy Ship Procurement
February 1986
By James R. McCaul, President
International Maritime Associates, Inc.
Exhibit 1—Navy Shipbuilding and Conversion Five-Year Plan
Jlumbei^^hig^udgete^
IMA provides continuing cover- age of the Navy ship procurement market. Each quarter several hundred subscribers receive in- depth, analytical reviews of devel- opment affecting Navy business op- portunities. This article is an ex- cerpt from IMA's February quarter- ly report.
FIVE-YEAR SHIPBUILDING
PLAN
Navy has proposed a program to build or convert 126 ships over the
FY 1987-1991 period. The plan is shown in Exhibit 1.
Navy Lowers
Construction Tempo
Budget pressures are affecting
Navy ship procurement plans. Few- er ships are proposed to be built or converted over the next five years than in recent plans. Navy last year proposed a five-year plan to build or convert 133 ships. The plan sub- mitted to Congress two years ago (FY 1985) proposed 142 ships.
New Construction
Trident Submarine (SSBN)
Attack Submarine (SSN-688)
New Design SSN (SSN-21)
Aegis Cruiser (CG-47)
Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG-51)
Mine Countermeasures Ship (MCM)
Coastal Minehunter (MSH-1)
Amphibious Landing Ship Dock (LSD-41CV)
Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD-1)
Ocean Surveillance Ship (TAGOS)
Fleet Oiler (TAO)
Repair Ship (ARS)
Ammunition Ship (AE)
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)
Fast Combat Support Ship (AOE)
Oceanographic Research Ship (AGX/AGOR)
Conversion/Acquisition
Amphibious SLEP
CV SLEP
Crane Ship (TACS)
Jumbo Oiler (AO)
Total (excluding LCAC's)
Source: Department of the Navy
FY 1987 FY 1988 FY 1989 FY 1990 FY 1991 2 1 24 1 2 1 28 2 1 25 2 25 24 12 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News