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tions and missions are taken from

DOD budget backup books; FY 1987 and FY 1988 funding details are taken from DOD and Navy bud- get tables:

AGOR Oceanographic Re- search Ship—$34.0 million, in- cluding $1 million for contract de- sign, is requested for FY 1987 fund- ing. The AGOR is "a new class of oceanographic research vessel capa- ble of operating worldwide in all seasons," and "suitable for use by

Navy laboratories, contractors, and academic institutions" for "a broad spectrum of oceanographic require- ments." (The Navy also uses the designation "AGX" for this ship.)

AO (Jumbo) Auxiliary Oil- er—$64.1 million, including $1.8 million for contract design, is re- quested in FY 1987 for conversion of one ship; a second will be funded in

FY 1988 at an estimated cost of $49.5 million. Both conversions are part of a long-range program to con- vert or "jumboize" five existing fleet oilers to increase their cargo capac- ity.

AOE Fast Combat Support

Ship—$620.2 million, including $0.8 million for contract design and $6.7 million for RDT&E, is re- quested for construction of "a twin- screw, 26-knot sustained speed, gas- turbine geared-drive ... ship 755 feet in overall length, 107 feet in beam, and a draft of 39 feet, with a total of 660 accommodations."

CG-47 Aegis Cruiser— $2,066.9 million (including $50.9 million for outfitting, $42 million for post-delivery requirements, $0.8 million for contract design, $38.4 million for RDT&E, and $10.5 mil- lion for associated military con- struction) is requested for two ships in FY 1987; two more ships will be requested in FY 1988, at a cost now estimated at $1,902.6 million. The

Ticonderoga-class CG-47 Aegis guided missile cruiser "employs the proven hull and gas turbine propul- sion system of the [DD-963]

Spruance-class [destroyer]." Its guns, missiles, "and other advanced systems, augmented by passive pro- tection features," make it "a most heavily armed and survivable cruis- er."

Carrier Service-Life Exten- sion Program (CV SLEP)— $109.4 million, including $13.3 mil- lion for outfitting and $12.6 million for contract design, is requested for

FY 1987; an additional $544.8 mil- lion will be requested in FY 1988 for the SLEP of one Forrestal-class air- craft carrier, with the work to be carried out at the Philadelphia Nav- al Shipyard. The SLEPs are in- tended to extend the service life of carriers now in the active inventory "from a nominal 30 years to 45 years."

DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-

Class Aegis Guided Missile

Destroyer—$2,646.4 million, in- cluding $10.9 million for contract design and $107.7 for RDT&E, is requested (for three ships) in FY 1987, with another $2,354.6 million planned to be requested next year for construction of another three ships. Perhaps the most eagerly awaited ship in the Navy's new-con- struction program (because of the long-term contract opportunities provided), the DDG-51 will be 466 feet long and displace 8,200 tons. "It will be armed with a Vertical

Launching System accommodating 90 missiles .. . [and] will carry a 5"/54 rapid-fire gun" and other new state-of-the art weapons and elec- tronic systems. The contract for the lead DDG-51 was awarded in FY 1985 to Bath Iron Works. "The FY 1987 program will be awarded com- petitively."

LHD-1 Amphibious Assault

Ship—$236.1 million, including $3.6 million for outfitting and $0.5 million for contract design, is re- quested in FY 1987, with another $1,046.9 million projected for FY 1988 funding (for one ship). The

LHD-1 is "a twin-screw, 22-knot multipurpose amphibious assault ship, 820 feet in overall length, 106- foot beam, with accommodations for 2,802 personnel, including troops."

Ingalls Shipbuilding is building the lead ship under and FY 1984 con- tract. "Follow ships for FY 1986, 1988, and 1989 will be competed on a three-ship multi-year basis." (continued)

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