{"id":81542,"date":"2024-12-18T19:53:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T19:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/12\/18\/us-navy-wasted-18-billion-on-cruiser-modernization-program-report\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:06:18","slug":"us-navy-wasted-18-billion-on-cruiser-modernization-program-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/12\/18\/us-navy-wasted-18-billion-on-cruiser-modernization-program-report\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy \u2018wasted\u2019 $1.8 billion on cruiser modernization program: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/06\/20\/navy-slows-procurement-of-key-vessel-for-marine-littoral-maneuvers\/\" target=\"_blank\">The U.S. Navy<\/a> has wasted $1.84 billion since 2015 on rehabilitating its Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruisers, funds the service would rather have spent on newer technology, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/gao-25-106749\" target=\"_blank\">government watchdog report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Government Accountability Office released its \u201cNavy Ship Modernization\u201d report Monday, noting that the Navy\u2019s cruiser rehab program has had \u201cweak oversight\u201d and been \u201cplagued with problems like scheduled delays, wasted costs and poor-quality work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/12\/09\/marines-hindered-by-navys-amphibious-warfare-ship-maintenance-delays\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bataan.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Marines hindered by Navy\u2019s amphibious warfare ship maintenance delays<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Nearly half of the amphibious warfare ships Marines need to deploy are often unavailable, according to a government watchdog.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In spending an estimated $3.7 billion to modernize seven of the cruisers, which are larger surface warfare ships that bring extensive air defense capabilities to the fight, the service was found to have \u201cwasted\u201d nearly half of those funds, or $1.84 billion, on four cruisers that were divested before even deploying, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/gao-25-106749\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Navy did not effectively plan the cruiser effort,\u201d the report\u2019s authors wrote. \u201cThis led to a high volume of unplanned work \u2014 9,000 contract changes \u2014&nbsp;resulting in cost growth and schedule delays.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service has not yet found the root causes of the program\u2019s problems, the authors noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy intended to rehab 11 ships as part of the effort. Seven made the final cut for upgrades, but only three of those in the rehab effort are slated to complete the modernization overhaul. None, however, will add the five extra years of service life that the program intended to achieve, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the report, the cost for modernizing the four ships that never deployed is broken down as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hue City: $161.15 million<\/li><li>Anzio: $250.54 million<\/li><li>Cowpens: $678.56 million<\/li><li>Vicksburg: $745.05 million<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012, the Navy proposed retiring several cruisers to better meet budget constraints, according to the report. But Congress rejected that idea and instead gave the service funds to conduct the cruiser modernization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That effort was expected to conclude by Fiscal Year 2026, according to the report. Instead, Navy officials sought to spend money on its 23-ship destroyer fleet, which are \u201ccritical\u201d to a combat-ready fleet, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report\u2019s authors made six recommendations to the secretary of the Navy, including: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ensuring the service updates its policy on planning and oversight for future large-scale modernization.<\/li><li>Codifying the cruiser modification lesson learned so that ownership of vessels is not transferred from the fleet for major modernization.<\/li><li>Direct the chief of Naval Operations and the head of Naval Sea Systems Command to assess causes of problems in the cruiser modernization program and codify strategies to mitigate those problems in the future.<\/li><li>Direct the NAVSEA commander to reassess their approach to overall quality assurance.<\/li><li>Direct the NAVSEA commander and CNO to assign responsibility and accountability for implementing corrective actions for ship modernization.<\/li><li>Ensure the CNO documents a comprehensive assessment on operational implications of its divestment plans for three modernized cruisers in fiscal 2026 and 2027.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report follows another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/gao-25-106728\" target=\"_blank\">GAO report<\/a> released this month, which noted that nearly half of the Navy\u2019s 32 amphibious assault ships, vessels the Marines rely on to conduct littoral combat and support naval operations close to shore, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/12\/09\/marines-hindered-by-navys-amphibious-warfare-ship-maintenance-delays\/\" target=\"_blank\">usually unavailable due to maintenance work<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That unavailability has often meant late or missed exercises and deployments for Marines who depend on those ships to operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4495\" height=\"3397\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hue-city-2016.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hue-city-2016.jpg.jpg 4495w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hue-city-2016.jpg.jpg?resize=300,227 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hue-city-2016.jpg.jpg?resize=768,580 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hue-city-2016.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,774 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hue-city-2016.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1161 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hue-city-2016.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1548 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4495px) 100vw, 4495px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Seaman Cheyenne Sullivan chips paint aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City. (Seaman Michael Lopez\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dec. 3 GAO report audited amphibious warfare ship maintenance at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, and Naval Base San Diego, California, from April 2023 to December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the shortage, both the Boxer and America amphibious readiness groups, and their associated Marine Expeditionary Units, were plagued by missed exercises and delayed deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe current state of readiness impacts the Marine Corps\u2019 capacity to support Combatant Command\u2019s needs, to maintain a 3.0 presence with Marine Expeditionary Units performing heel-to-toe deployments and ultimately limits our ability to respond to crisis around the globe,\u201d said Lt. Col. 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