{"id":27044,"date":"2017-08-28T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T15:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/28\/report-navys-resupply-and-surge-sealift-ships-facing-readiness-decline\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:14:13","slug":"report-navys-resupply-and-surge-sealift-ships-facing-readiness-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/08\/28\/report-navys-resupply-and-surge-sealift-ships-facing-readiness-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Navy’s resupply and surge sealift ships facing readiness decline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Navy ships that provide at-sea resupply of fuel, ammo and other surface combatant essentials have seen a surge of readiness issues in the past five years, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report<\/a> comes the same week that the Navy has undertaken a fleet-wide review addressing training, readiness and other issues in light of two fatal at-sea collisions involving the destroyers McCain and Fitzgerald in the past two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Equipment casualties that limit the missions of the 29 ships of the resupply fleet have surged 77 percent in the past five years, from 69 in 2012 to 122 in 2016, according to the GAO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That trend has been most pronounced in the at-sea refueling ships, or oilers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission-limiting casualties among those ships have increased 250 percent in the past three years, mostly due to aging engine and diesel generator failures, the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\t