Congressional Budget Office Report Independently Reaches the Same Conclusion as The Bartlett Maritime Corporation Naval Shipyard Assessment

CBO concludes that the existing Naval Shipyards will lack adequate capacity to complete planned ship maintenance in 25 of the next 30 years, with a persistent shortfall of more than 2,500 trade personnel all working consistent 20% overtime.

The U.S. Navy’s 70 submarines represent nearly one-quarter of its total fleet. Like all naval ships, those submarines require several periods of intensive mainte-nance during their service life. Navy policy dictates that most maintenance on nuclear-powered ships (all U.S. submarines are nuclear-powered) be performed by the four shipyards it owns and operates.