11 Years Of Waiting for Repairs: The U.S. Navy Has A Nuclear Attack Submarine ‘Trapped in Port’

11 Years Of Waiting for Repairs: The U.S. Navy Has A Nuclear Attack Submarine ‘Trapped in Port’

The USS Boise, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, has become a symbol of the Navy’s maintenance backlog after being sidelined since its last patrol in 2015. Years of delays, limited shipyard capacity, and workforce shortages pushed the boat into restricted status, cost it dive certification, and left its crew waiting for a mission that never came. The Navy has since committed $1.2 billion for a full overhaul by Huntington Ingalls Industries, …