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GAO Finds Quality Problems in Navy Ship Deliveries

Monday, July 17th, 2017

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GAO Finds Quality Problems in Navy Ship Deliveries

The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cathrine Mae O. Campbell/Released.

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last Thursday found a sample of Navy ships showed how ships delivered to the fleet are provided with incomplete work and quality problems.The GAO reviewed a nongeneralizable sample of eight ships, six of which had entered the fleet and two that recently started the post-delivery period. The report, Navy Shipbuilding: Policy Changes Needed to Improve the Post-Delivery Process and Ship Quality, was produced for the Senate Armed Services Committee It conducted the review because the…

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