Navy will reveal number of ships it will build once budget topline is set

By Lee Hudson / April 3, 2017 at 12:26 PM
The Navy will reveal the number of ships it will build once the Office of Management and Budget releases the service's budget topline and the 355-ship fleet the Trump administration has touted may turn out to be a target and not an immediate goal. Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran told Inside Defense after his April 3 presentation at the Navy League's annual symposium that the 355-ship fleet is a target but not a goal. The Navy's...

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