Navy shipbuilding plan acknowledges fewer flattops

The U.S. Navy's new long-term shipbuilding and fleet structure plan, sent to Congress Feb. 7, notes that with early retirement of the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy and funding of the CVN-21 in fiscal 2008, the Navy could fall below its own 11-carrier requirement in FY '13 or FY '14. The plan...

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