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GAO Says Half of Navy Amphibs In Poor Condition, 31-Ship Floor At Risk

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GAO Says Half of Navy Amphibs In Poor Condition, 31-Ship Floor At Risk
Figure 6: Navy Assessment of the Condition of Ships in the Amphibious Warfare Fleet, from the Dec. 3, 2024 GAO report, Amphibious Warfare Fleet: Navy Needs to Complete Key Efforts to Better Ensure Ships Are Available for Marines. (Image: GAO)

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released this week gave a grim assessment that with half of the Navy’s amphibious ships in poor condition, the service has significant risk of not maintaining the congressionally-mandated 31-ship fleet minimum.  The GAO report published Dec. 3, Amphibious Warfare Fleet: Navy Needs to Complete Key Efforts to Better Ensure Ships Are Available for Marines, bluntly stated that “half of the Navy’s amphibious ships are in poor condition and amphibious ship maintenance often takes longer…

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