Price of critically needed Navy fuel ships soars at San Diego shipyard

Price of critically needed Navy fuel ships soars at San Diego shipyard

Once again, the Navy’s ability to build ships on time and on budget is being sharply questioned, and the trouble is tied to problems at San Diego’s General Dynamics-NASSCO, the last major shipbuilder on the West Coast. In recent years, the cost of producing critically needed Lewis-class fuel ships has soared to an average of $860 million each — $302 million higher than it was five years ago, says a new report by the Congressional Research Servic…

The contractor UNU AS will build a 130-meter-long deep-water quay for the Båtbygg shipyard in Raudeberg.