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Originally launched in 1991, Boise has sat in port since 2017 due to a series of delays that denied it a timely availability at a public shipyard.
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The Los Angeles-class sub has become a “poster child” for maintenance backlog, lawmaker says.
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The fact the Navy can extend some of its submarine fleet’s life by several years is likely due in part to the time some of those boats have sat in docks awaiting maintenance.
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“We’ve heard these are national treasures,” Rep. John Garamendi said of the military’s maintenance depots. “And yet, the … organic industrial base infrastructure is chronically underfunded to the point these facilities are relics of the past.”
By Justin Katz