Figure 4. Components of US Navy Cost Growth (4)
For the vessels that were examined by GAO, the total cost
growth due to increased labor hours totaled more .than $1.3
billion. The main reasons for the cost growth can be seen
in Figure 5. The repeated issue causing the delays was
determined to be the lack of maturity of the design which
directly l.ed to rework. Examples of such issues include the
LPD 17 where construction began as the design of the vessel