United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-09-14 monographic deposited born digital 13 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-99-225 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-225 P0b002ee1803a2011 f:ns99225 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-225 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-225 NSIAD-99-225 Military vessels Ground warfare Naval warfare Cost effectiveness analysis Military cost control Defense capabilities Weapons systems Logistics U.S.S. Iowa U.S.S. Wisconsin Ticonderoga Class Cruiser Arleigh Class Cruiser Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided an analysis of the Navy's assessment of the short-term and long-term costs associated with alternative methods for executing the naval surface fire support mission, including the alternative of reactivating two battleships.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the Navy's assessment was limited to a comparison of two alternatives--reactivation of battleships and its program of developing an improved gun and munition for certain existing and future surface ships; (2) neither alternative will meet Marine Corps naval surface fire support requirements; (3) the assessment showed that battleships have significantly greater firepower but less range than the destroyers and cruisers; (4) it also showed the costs of manning the battleships to be significantly higher than both the destroyers and cruisers; (5) GAO found that the costs and capabilities data presented in the assessment were derived from actual information that was available on these ships; (6) since neither alternative will meet Marine Corps naval surface fire support requirements, the assessment would have been more valuable if it also compared the cost of upgrading the battleships with capabilities necessary to meet requirements with the Navy's plans to meet these requirements; (7) the Navy does not intend to reactivate the battleships because they do not meet naval surface fire support requirements and have high operating costs and large crews; (8) it said that any modernization alterations to the battleships would be driven by the missions that could be assigned to them and would require further evaluation to determine their cost and schedule; and (9) an official responsible for ship programs said that the Navy chose not to conduct such an evaluation because it would be time consuming and costly. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-225/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-225.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-225/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-225.pdf GAO/NSIAD-99-225 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-225 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-99-225; Defense Acquisitions: Evaluation of the Navy's 1999 Naval; Military vessels Ground warfare Naval warfare Cost effectiveness analysis Military cost control Defense capabilities Weapons systems Logistics U.S.S. Iowa U.S.S. Wisconsin Ticonderoga Class Cruiser Arleigh Class Cruiser