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GAO: Navy Lost 1,891 Days of Attack Sub Operations Waiting for Repairs; Spent $1.5 Billion Supporting Idle Crews

Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Helena (SSN-725) arrives at Norfolk Naval Shipyard for a high-priority docking continuous maintenance availability on Aug. 20, 2015. US Navy Photo

Delays in maintenance have resulted in at least 1,891 lost operational days for the U.S. attack submarine fleet and cost the Navy about $1.5 billion to support boats that can’t go to sea, according to a Monday report from the Government Accountability Office.

From 2008 to 2018, most of the planned repairs for the...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/19/gao-navy-lost-10000-days-of-attack-sub-operations-waiting-for-repairs-spent-1-5-billion-supporting-idle-crews

GAO Report on U.S. Attack Submarine Maintenance Backlog

The following is the Nov. 19, 2018 Government Accountability Office report, Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Address Costly Maintenance Delays Facing the Attack Submarine Fleet.

From the report:

The Navy has been unable to begin or complete the vast majority of its attack submarine maintenance periods on time resulting in significant maintenance delays and operating and support cost expenditures. GAO’s analysis of Navy maintenance data shows that between fiscal year 2008 and 2018, attack...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/19/gao-report-u-s-attack-submarine-maintenance-backlog

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