Rebuilding and Fixing ‘Hidden Damage’ in Just One US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Costs $1,760,000 a Day and Could Take 1,979 or More from Start to Finish

Rebuilding and Fixing 'Hidden Damage' in Just One US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Costs $1,760,000 a Day and Could Take 1,979 or More from Start to Finish
USS John C. Stennis entered Newport News Shipbuilding on 6 May 2021 under a $3 billion execution contract, and the fiscal 2026 budget requested about $483 million more in cost-to-complete funding. Spread across roughly 1,979 days in the yard, that is about $1.76 million for every day the carrier is not available to the fleet.
By: 19fortyfive.com










