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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 904
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https://maritime-executive.com/article/usn-gives-up-on-long-delayed-overhaul-of-sub-uss-boise |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2732
Location: New Jersey | Subject: RE: Uss Boise
"the budget had ballooned to between $1.6 and $1.9 billion for USS Boise and was likely to continue to rise."
Wow! That's just to do the remaining work, which it will probably go up before completion. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1715
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Can anybody explain what losing her drive certification mean? Is that simply because it been in some stage of overhaul so long? Wouldn't the contractor be liable?https: //news.usni.org/2026/04/10/navy-to-inactivate-attack-boat-uss-boise-after-1-6b-repair-effort
Edited by Gil 2026-04-12 10:45 AM
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1937
Location: Patterson, New York | Subject: RE: Uss Boise
I do not understand why their "data driven analysis" took so long to figure out the boat was not worth the effort or money.
On my reading I read drive as dive certification; so, that made sense.
Not sure if drive was the word they were going for?
Another SNAFU by multiple groups in government over multiple administrations.
PS: went back an found the original article I read the other day:
Quote: As maintenance was pushed back, the situation worsened. The submarine lost its full operational certification in 2016 and its ability to dive in 2017, effectively sidelining it from combat operations.
Edited by Thomas Courtien 2026-04-13 5:26 AM
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1715
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Thanks Thomas, I saw dive in another article.
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1428
Location: NE Florida | Subject: RE: Uss Boise
We held our RAYunion in Norfolk in 2017. We did boat tours, half of us to a Virginia Class, half to the Boise.
Those who toured Boise were dismayed at the condition of the ship. They weren't allowed to operate the reactor. Nobody could qualify since some checkoffs required being at sea. It was just dismal.
Then they prepared it for entry into a yard, but that was halted due to a higher priority ship needing it.
I can't believe how much we gave away in our pursuit of welfare items. In 1963 USS RAY was one of thirteen boats authorized. I rode it down the ways; the next week they laid the keel for another one. And they were doing a carrier at the same time. Boats were being built everywhere.
Even if you opened another building yard today, where would you get the skills needed to construct submarines? Steel arrives as flat plates; who can do the rolling to pressure hull diameter?
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