Navy Didn't Fudge Ship Numbers, UnderSec Work Says -- Aol Defense
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD: The smartest man in the Department of the Navy, Under Secretary Robert O. Work, erupted today in a passionate defense of the service's integrity in how it counts its ships and of the controversial Littoral Combat Ship's place as the most numerous class in the future fleet.
"There is no subterfuge about this at all," Work said ahead of a key House Armed Services Committee oversight meeting on the size of the fleet, which is expected to examine accusations that the service is counting support vessels it never previously included in its "battle force" to bulk up its current and projected numbers. "The 300 ships that we [will] have in 2019 are ships that we count right now, right now," he said, and do not include such traditionally excluded auxiliaries as small patrol craft or hospital ships.
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My Comment: I have been following the blog "Information Dissemination" on this story .... and sorry Mr. Under Secretary Robert O. Work .... but Information Dissemination is making a far more convincing case than you are on this issue of US Navy numbers. Case in point ... check this .... this .... and this.