Ship and submarine depot maintenance are at the top of the Navy's $3.2 billion unfunded priorities list with deferred and backlogged maintenance availabilities totaling $814 million. In its annual funding wish list , sent to Congress March 22 and obtained by Inside Defense , Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson states that fiscal year 2019 ship depot maintenance and modernization "financial shortfalls associated with work scope and pricing growth . . . have resulted in additional FY-20 costs that...
