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Lawmakers Push Back On Navy’s New Ship Counting Method

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, May 1st, 2014

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Lawmakers Push Back On Navy’s New Ship Counting Method

USS George Washington (CVN 73) Carrier Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships steam in formation for a photo exercise during the final day of Exercise Keen Sword 2011. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy

House lawmakers have placed language into the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2015 attempting to roll back the Navy’s recent revision to the way it counts ships. The proposal appears aimed at depriving the Navy from including certain types of vessels in quantifying the overall size of the fleet. It declares that patrol boats, hospital ships and ships that are out of service but could return do not qualify as a “combatant and support vessel.” “The term ‘combatant and…

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