Amid ‘grave’ concerns about facility conditions, Navy learned lessons about shipyard overhaul

Navy brass know their shipyards are in rough shape. They plan to spend $21 billion on renovations over the next two decades. But the shipyard improvement program is off to a rocky start. The backlog of needed improvements is growing, not shrinking. Costs are escalating, and in at least one case, facility conditions are getting worse. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu has details.