Army planning future end state for floundering watercraft fleet

By Dominic Minadeo / October 22, 2024 at 2:11 PM
The Army is revising a 2018 modernization strategy for its dwindling fleet of ships that "will outline the vision and future end state for Army watercraft by 2030 and 2040," according to a Government Accountability Office report released last week . More than half the Army’s 70-ship fleet are not fully prepared or available to complete missions, even though the service requires 90% of watercraft to be fully mission-capable. The Army is also dealing with maintenance challenges, due in part...

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