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The Navy's New Battleship Program: Costs and Implications for the Shipbuilding Industrial Base

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CBO estimates that it would cost about $275 billion (in 2026 dollars) to build 15 of the Navy's new nuclear-powered battleships through 2056. The first ship would cost about $23 billion, and the next 14 ships would average $18 billion.Under the 2027 shipbuilding plan, the average annual funding needed to buy surface combatants would rise from about $11 billion to $19 billion. By 2035, the plan would more than double the tonnage of large surface combatants that shipbuilders would need to produce, which could be a challenge for the shipbuilding industry.

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  • Congressional Budget Office, 2026. "The Navy's New Battleship Program: Costs and Implications for the Shipbuilding Industrial Base," Reports 62550, Congressional Budget Office.
    • Handle: RePEc:cbo:report:62550
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    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • H60 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - General
    • H68 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Forecasts of Budgets, Deficits, and Debt
    • N62 - Economic History - - Manufacturing and Construction - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
    • N72 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-

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