As Trump focuses on size of Navy fleet, experts raise questions

By Lee Hudson / July 28, 2017 at 4:03 PM
President Trump is vowing to grow the Navy's fleet to 350 ships -- a nearly 26 percent boost over its existing inventory of 276 -- but naval experts and members of Congress are questioning whether he's focused on the right metric. In campaign rallies, including one at the Philadelphia Navy Yard last year, Trump promised to expand the Navy, saying it would take 350 ships to meet demand. "Our Navy is the smallest it's been since World War I. My...

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