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Battleship Wisconsin (BB64) nears Avondale Shipyards (Louisiana), to begin first phase of reactivation and modernization under contract from Ingalls Shipbuilding, which will complete the second phase of the $221.8 million project in its Pascagoula, Mississippi yard, (ingalls shipbuilding photo.)

U.S. NAVY SHIP PROCUREMENT

Latest Update As Of August 13, 1986

By James R. McCaul, President

International Maritime Associates, Inc.

International Maritime Asso- ciates, Inc. publishes quarterly re- views of the Navy ship procurement market. This article is an excerpt from the August quarterly review.

Information in this article is current as of August 13.

SHIPBUILDING AND

CONVERSION

Exhibit 1 shows the authorization status of the FY 1987 shipbuilding and conversion program now being

EDITORS NOTE: This Article is not the full quarterly report. It is an excerpt and repre- sents less than 25 percent of the actual data contained in the complete review.

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D.C. 20007, (202) 333-8501 considered by Congress. Figures for

FY 1986 and the projection for FY 1988 are provided for comparison purposes. Data for the Senate are final numbers. The House data are based on the House Armed Services

Committee recommendations. A

House/Senate conference is sched- uled for September to iron out dif- ferences between the two bills. Ap- propriation legislation is needed to actually fund the programs.

Significant changes in the pro- gram recommended by House and

Senate authorizers are described be- low.

Fast combat ship (AOE)—

Citing budget constraints and pro- gram priorities, the Senate has de- leted the AOE proposed in FY 1987.

Senator Specter (R-Pa.) had planned to introduce an amend- ment in floor debate which would reverse the committee recommen- dation and authorize the AOE pro- gram. The amendment was not in- troduced on the grounds the AOE would be taken up in House/Senate conference. Authorization of this program is recommended by the

House committee.

As reported in the previous up- date, contract design for the AOE was completed last February. Bids are due in October. A contract for four ships (one firm plus three op- tions) has been planned. Program approval is uncertain and a decision must await final outcome of the authorization and appropriation process. Meanwhile, five or six ship- yards are preparing proposals.

Minesweeper hunter (MSH)—Problems in the MSH program (including shock test fail- ures) resulted in both House and

Senate actions to delete proposed

FY 1987 funding for these ships. (continued)

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