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WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Navy wants to keep nearly half its surface fleet in a deployable state, as it aims to raise the overall readiness of the force in case it\u2019s called upon to fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commander of Naval Surface Forces Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener last year unveiled a data-driven effort to better understand ship and crew readiness<\/a>, with a focus <\/b>on the specific factors keeping ships from being combat credible and the costs associated with addressing those deficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a year of crunching the numbers, Kitchener announced this week at the annual Surface Navy Association conference his \u201cnorth star\u201d goal is to keep 75 surface ships at either \u201cmission capable\u201d or \u201cfull mission capable\u201d readiness levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kitchener, in a call with reporters ahead of the conference, said today\u2019s number of mission capable ships is classified. He declined to say how far the Navy is from its 75-ship goal, only saying \u201cwe have some work to do\u201d but that the goal is achievable within two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number represents nearly half the total 164 surface ships in the fleet today, according to Naval Surface Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kitchener told reporters the \u201cgoal is not arbitrary. It\u2019s not random. It was born from our investments in our data analytics; we had a really good, thorough assessment across the fleet\u2019s operational requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having 75 mission capable ships would not only meet the surface fleet\u2019s requirement to routinely deploy under the command of joint force combatant commanders, but it would also mean additional ships ready to respond to a conflict, conduct experiments with new gear or concepts or participate in fleet exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 75-ship figure includes the core of the surface navy: Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, cruisers, littoral combat ships, all classes of amphibious ships and the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It does not include the Zumwalt-class destroyers or expeditionary sea bases, of which the Navy has three of each that are not yet fully integrated into the surface fleet. Those classes could be added into the mix once the Navy learns more about their readiness and costs. It also does not include aircraft carriers, submarines or Military Sealift Command auxiliary ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ways to boost readiness<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The Navy views its ships and their readiness through the lens of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan, the force-generation plan that guides most surface ship and aircraft carrier deployments. Ships are either in maintenance, in training, deployed, or in sustainment, a time when they\u2019re meant to keep up the high level of proficiency they attained during the deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the fleet seeks to improve its mission-capable rate, ships in sustainment will be best positioned to help Kitchener meet his goal, his office explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ships on deployment are already mission capable, and those figures are unlikely to change. Ships in deep maintenance are inherently not mission capable \u2014 though the Navy could move the needle slightly by driving down maintenance delays and getting ships out of the shipyard faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ships in sustainment, though, often bear the brunt of lack of resources, whether it\u2019s operations and maintenance money running low at the end of the fiscal year, a lack of certain spare parts or shortage of capacity in repair yards. The Navy generally prioritizes ships next to deploy, and though ships in sustainment are supposed to remain ready for any contingency, they\u2019re often the billpayer when one is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a separate interview, Naval Surface Forces executive director Steve Mucklow told Defense News tracking readiness data will significantly help ships in sustainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this data, the Navy will be able to see what\u2019s needed to get four destroyers up to the mission-capable status and ready to participate in an exercise, for example. By understanding the deficiencies of each ship, the fleet could also prevent any given ship from straying too far from the mission-capable threshold, meaning even non-mission-capable ships would be in better overall condition than many are today. And, if the Navy wanted to take future steps to become more combat credible, such as conducting more fleet exercises or training on high-end tactics, leaders would have an exact price tag and could work that into budget plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a Jan. 10 speech at the conference, Kitchener said the data has already pointed to several specific ways to increase the number of mission-capable ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During fiscal 2022, he said, the Navy filled more than 1,200 requests for ship parts by cannibalizing other ships because the parts couldn\u2019t be acquired through the supply system. That\u2019s up 50% from years, he said, and suggests certain spare parts should be better funded and get closer attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a specific example, he said two communities use the SeaRAM weapon: the littoral combat ships and the destroyers forward-based in Rota, Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are having a horrific time keeping our SeaRAMs up on the LCS,\u201d he said, noting he looked into why the LCS was struggling to maintain the weapons but the destroyers were not. \u201cIt came down to having the parts onboard, quite frankly. And the right parts onboard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kitchener, speaking to reporters ahead of the conference, outlined a multi-tiered plan to increase readiness: Both Naval Surface Force Pacific and Naval Surface Force Atlantic established Surface Maintenance Operations Centers that will look at trends in ship readiness, prioritize resources to build up current readiness and crunch the data to better inform future funding requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each homeport will receive a new Surface Group unit that will be focused on helping ships<\/a> get through maintenance and basic training and ensuring they enter pre-deployment training fully ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And an upcoming Surface Response Plan will prioritize ships on the waterfront, outlining which ships in sustainment would be the first ones called upon if a crisis arose, allowing the waterfront to ensure those on-call ships are kept in the highest state of readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis transformation, particularly in the organizational structure, is going to be a journey,\u201d Kitchener said. \u201cWe cannot deviate, lag or delay. We\u2019re going to need industry, we\u2019re going to need Congress, and we\u2019re going to need Big Navy all to support us in this effort.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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