The Navy recently sent Defense Secretary Jim Mattis an accelerated shipbuilding plan that would build an additional 23 ships, at a cost of $61.8 billion, over the future years defense plan beginning in fiscal year 2017, according to a white paper obtained by Inside Defense . The service's force-structure assessment that was released in December called for the Navy to grow its fleet to 355 ships. "Breaking from the historically budget-driven process, the Navy has completed an internal review that...
