Defense News | August 27, 2026
Maintenance delays for U.S. Navy attack subs have resulted in boats that are frequently idle in port when they should be at sea. Read Full Story.
15,000 operational days lost due to US submarine maintenance delays, GAO finds
unfortunately starting in the early 90’s submarine maintenance was civilianized. Shore facilities were no longer manned by crew members on a two year shore rotation that gained valuable indepth experience of thier shipboard systems and equipment. This has resulted in a huge degradation of ship readiness.
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So true. When they took Sailors out of the repair side they lost the much-needed experience that would carry over to do inport and at sea repairs.
Never made any sense to me, Sailors waiting around for civilians to do work they could be getting done.
The No Kao Oi (Pearl Harbor shipyard) workers were great, it was the paperwork/top heavy bureaucracy that bogged the whole process to a standstill.
21 years on Submarines was an experience I would not trade for much. DBF
Diesel Boat Doug
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