U.S. Navy To Remain The Same For Another 5 Years

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan travels through the Pacific Ocean with other ships assigned to the Rim of the Pacific 2010 exercise, north of Hawaii, July 24, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dylan McCord

Navy Fleet Will Not Grow For 5 Years: CNO -- Aol Defense

ABOARD THE USS WASP: Putting the best face on a potentially grim future, the Navy's top officer is telling his sailors that the active fleet will be about the same size in five years as it is now, despite recently announced plans to retire a bunch of ships early and to not build as many new ones as planned.

Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, told sailors and Marines here that the number of ships in the fleet in 2017 "will be about the same, 285, but it won't be going up as high as we wanted."

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My Comment: I will be surprised if the US Navy will even maintain these numbers.