submarines and other high priority
programs for a share of the SCN
budget.
At $1 billion each, a larger force
objective for DDG-51 surface com-
batants will meet resistance.
FRIGATES
DOD's decision to retire P-fired
boiler frigates has taken or will take
16 ships from the fleet over the next
year. Several other older frigates
will likely be retired by the early
1990s. SWATH-type hulls are being
studied for future frigate design.
However, no frigate building pro-
gram is in the five-year ship con-
struction plan.
The Navy plans a major modifica-
tion program for FF-1052 Class fri-
gates—intended to add five years of
useful life to existing ships. An im-
proved ASW system, anti-ship mis-
sile protection, and better command
and control capability is to be
added. This is a major program
which should keenly interest ship-
yards and ship systems manufactur-
ers.
AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS
Four LSD-41 (CV)s are planned
under an option package to Avon-
dale. Two LHDs are to be ordered
from Ingalls. Completion of the
LHD and LSD-41/49 programs will
add eight to 10 amphibious ships to
the fleet in the 1990s.
While no other amphibious ship-
building program is planned at this
time, the Marine Corps will likely
press for at least one amphibious
ship of some type to be funded
annually. Candidates include a pro-
gram to replace several LPHs or
LPDs which will reach 30 years of
age in the early 1990s.
PATROL COMBATANTS
The Navy has plans to build six
high-speed patrol boats in the early
1990s. A proven hull design—hydro-
foil or high-speed displacement
hulls—is to be chosen. However,
this program is very tentative. Pa-
trol craft don't generate much inter-
est in the Navy and funding will not
likely receive high priority.
MINE WARFARE
The remaining MCMs will be
contracted to Peterson and Ma-
rinette Marine—completing the ob-
jective of building 14 new MCM
ships. An additional 16 MHCs are to
be ordered. A second source is to be
chosen for the MHC program—to
provide competition to Intermarine,
the current builder. No other major
program is planned. Old MSOs will
be retired as MCMs and MHCs are
delivered.
COMBAT LOGISTICS SHIPS
According to the Congressional
Budget Office, the Navy may be
understating its force requirements
in this area. An April 1988 CBO
study says the Navy's force goal for
combat logistics ships (AOE, AOR,
AO, AE, AFS) may be too low. The
Navy says it needs 65 ships. CBO
thinks a figure of 93 ships is more
realistic.
TENDERS
Some of the older tenders may be
retired over the next 10 years. Three
submarine tenders (AS) and three
destroyer tenders (AD) date from
World War II. The two repair ships
(AR) now in service were built in the
early 1940s. However, there are no
plans to replace these ships in the
foreseeable future.
STRATEGIC SEALIFT
This program has essentially been
completed. There are now 39 strate-
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