The long-range profile calls for three frigate orders annually by FY2032 and attack-submarine orders at two per year, but it still contains an earlier surface-force squeeze. The first battleship delivery is scheduled for 2036, ten years after this review. A rough count made while reading the tables gives thirty-three cruiser and destroyer retirements through 2036 against about twenty-one entries into service. The 2034 line is identified as a reduction of seven ships. These figures illustrate why projected fleet growth at the end of a plan can coexist with a shortage during the transition.
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The surface-combatant retirement bow wave arrives before replacement growth
Long-range delivery and retirement tables reveal a severe mid-2030s gap as cruisers and destroyers leave service faster than replacements arrive.