The Navy will build 38 ships in the next five fiscal years, including nine new Virginia-class submarines and 10 Arleigh-Burke Class guided missile destroyers, according to testimony given to the Senate Armed Services Committee recently.

The plan will bring the fleet to a total of 308 ships by Fiscal 2021 up from the current total of 272, and will increase the number of amphibs in service from 30 to 33 — a long-awaited development for geographic combatant commanders and the Marines who deploy on them.

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