UPDATED: Fleet Growth Stymied by Navy Budget Request - USNI News

This post has been updated with additional details from the Department of the Navy’s FY 2022 budget presentation.  The long-delayed Navy fiscal 2022 budget request submitted to Congress May 28 reflects modest increases in several areas but overall shows no significant changes over the previous year, either in weapons procurement or readiness accounts. The service is asking for eight ships, but only four are combatants – two submarines, one destroyer and one frigate – while the other four are support ships. The President’s Budget for 2022 (PB 22) request for new ships is counteracted by the decision to inactivate 15

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