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Navy/USMC

House Subcommittee Leaders Support 355 Ship Fleet, Look For Decades-Long Path

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017

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House Subcommittee Leaders Support 355 Ship Fleet, Look For Decades-Long Path

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. (Photo: U.S. Congress)

The leaders of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces both support the U.S. Navy’s assessment of increasing the fleet to 355 ships but recognize a decades-long and difficult path to convincing fellow members of Congress, they said Tuesday.Chairman Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and Ranking Member Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) both agreed with the Navy’s assessment to grow the fleet to 355 ships but are cognizant of the budgetary, congressional, and time factors in moving to that large of…

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