UNITED STATE Navy Secretary Ray Mabus stated Friday the UNITED STATE Navy requires a fleet of 355 ships to secure America and also its rate of interests around the globe.

The require for the bigger fleet was introduced today at the Pentagon with the launch of the Navy’s 2016 Force Structure Assessment (FSA), a year-long initiative starting last January to examine lasting protection safety and security demands for future marine pressures.

The 2016 FSA suggests a 355-ship fleet consisting of 12 service providers, 104 huge surface area fighters, 52 little surface area fighters, 38 aquatic ships, and also 66 submarines.

The number is much more enthusiastic than the 350-ship fleet President- choose Donald Trump has actually required.

While the 2016 FSA was not constricted by spending plan control act financing degrees, the Navy states its management is positive that, if moneyed, the strategy is executable. In reality each ship course required in the FSA currently “has an active shipbuilding line already up and running,” the Navy stated.

The searchings for of the 2016 FSA will certainly considered for the Navy’s FY-2018 30-year shipbuilding strategy. The Navy states its present suggested spending plan is viewed as a bridge to this bigger Navy, with shipbuilding on a higher slide incline in the direction of its present objective of 308 ships.

“To continue to protect America and defend our strategic interests around the world, all while continuing the counter terrorism fight and appropriately competing with a growing China and resurgent Russia, our Navy must continue to grow,” stated Secretary of theNavy Ray Mabus “All of the analysis done to date, inside and outside of the Navy, recognizes, as we have for nearly the last eight years, the need for a larger Fleet. That is why, working with Congress and our partners in industry, we have successfully reversed the decline in shipbuilding that occurred from 2001-2009, putting 86 ships under contract over the last seven years. Maintaining this momentum, and the cost-saving business practices we have established, will be critical to ensuring the Navy is able to achieve the FSA-recommended fleet size and is positioned to maintain the global presence the Navy and Marine Corps uniquely provide our nation.”

There are presently 273 deployable ships in the united state Navy, according to the Navy’s site.

Earlier today, the Shipbuilders Council of America, standing for the united state shipbuilders and also repair work backyards, stated the market prepares to collaborate with President- choose Trump to assist understand his 350-ship objective.

A declaration from SCA President, Matthew Paxton, adhering to Friday’s launch of the Navy FSA stated:

“The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) strongly endorses the Navy’s new Force Structure Assessment that calls for increasing the Fleet size to 355 ships, adding 47 ships to the current goal. A larger fleet will allow the Navy to provide forward presence of ready forces distributed globally to be where it matters, when it matters. And as the new Force Assessment recognizes, in order to begin the work of building a larger fleet, it is imperative Congress end sequestration. The U.S. shipyard industry stands ready to build this Fleet of the future that will ensure the continued flow of international commerce and the security of our nation.”