
The Navy on Wednesday released its first naval ship maintenance and modernization plan, underscoring the need for more dry docks because of the disparity between a backlog of repair work and repair shipyards’ capabilities. The “Report to Congress on the Long-Range Plan for Maintenance and Modernization of Naval Vessels for Fiscal Year 2020” noted while there are 21 certified private dry docks and 18 public yard dry docks, “sustaining the 355-ship fleet will require changes to both public and private…