Onkel Neal
03-08-16, 11:17 AM
Navy Finds Urgency In Staving Off A Sub Shortfall Decades In The Making (http://news.usni.org/2016/03/08/navy-finds-urgency-in-staving-off-a-sub-shortfall-decades-in-the-making)
The shortfall in attack submarines – set to span 2025 to 2036 and then 2038 to 2041 – didn’t catch anyone in the Navy off-guard. Program Executive Officer for Submarines Rear Adm. Michael Jabaley told USNI News in a March 3 interview that the Los Angeles-class attack subs (SSN-688) were built at a rate of up to five or six a year and are now approaching the end of their service life. Even building Virginia-class attack subs (SSN-774) at a two a year – a rate the Navy finally reached in 2011, after years of building either one or no attack subs, and has fought to maintain throughout sequestration and congressionally mandated spending caps – the shortfall is inevitable.
This is pretty cool, you can see exactly when the US Navy plans to decomm each boat. Looks like the Houston (713) is due this year :wah:
Graph: http://i0.wp.com/news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/subgraphic_n97.png?w=2668
The shortfall in attack submarines – set to span 2025 to 2036 and then 2038 to 2041 – didn’t catch anyone in the Navy off-guard. Program Executive Officer for Submarines Rear Adm. Michael Jabaley told USNI News in a March 3 interview that the Los Angeles-class attack subs (SSN-688) were built at a rate of up to five or six a year and are now approaching the end of their service life. Even building Virginia-class attack subs (SSN-774) at a two a year – a rate the Navy finally reached in 2011, after years of building either one or no attack subs, and has fought to maintain throughout sequestration and congressionally mandated spending caps – the shortfall is inevitable.
This is pretty cool, you can see exactly when the US Navy plans to decomm each boat. Looks like the Houston (713) is due this year :wah:
Graph: http://i0.wp.com/news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/subgraphic_n97.png?w=2668