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Surface ship readiness continues to struggle, US Navy inspections show March 3 The destroyer Pinckney operate in the Caribbean. Maintenance of surface ships suffered in 2020, a new report shows. (MC3 Erick Parsons/U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s surface fleet continues to struggle to keep its ships adequately maintained, according to the Board of Inspection and Survey, an entity responsible for monitoring the condition of the service’s ships. The surface fleet was scored as “degraded” in more than half of the “functional areas” scored by the famously invasive INSURV...

In the wake of tragedy, the US surface fleet is all in on simulators January 15 Capt. John J. Cummings, the carrier Gerald R. Ford's commanding officer, center, checks the ship's course during a simulated transit in a navigation trainer. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Ryan Seelbach) WASHINGTON — It has been nearly four years since one of the worst years in modern U.S. Navy history, when a string of accidents and collisions sidelined three ships and resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors. But the service’s top surface warfare officer wants to make clear that it hasn’t moved on.