Posted on 07/12/2023 9:06:21 AM PDT by george76
More than a third of U.S. submarines are out of commission due to ship-building delays, according to data released by the Congressional Research Service..
Thirty-seven percent of the U.S. Navy’s attack submarines—18 out of 49—are out of commission for repairs, up from 12 boats a decade ago. The Congressional Research Service said the backlog was due to "insufficient numbers of workers and facility constraints" at naval shipyards as well as "supply chain issues," saying that the delays have cut the "force’s capacity for meeting day-to-day mission demands and potentially putting increased operational pressure" on active boats.
The statistic demonstrates the extent of U.S. naval unpreparedness for a potential war with China. The U.S. Naval Institute said in May that China’s Navy is the largest in the world and is expected to grow to 440 "battle force" ships by 2030, while the United States will sit at 290 battle force ships the same year. Dozens of Pentagon war games published last month revealed the United States is unprepared for a "horrifically bloody" war with China.
Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang said last month the United States is "not prepared to fight China."
"It’s not just a question of having a larger Navy than ours," Chang told Fox Business. "It’s also a question that they have types of weapons that we don’t have and which right now we have no defenses for."
The Biden administration’s 2024 budget proposal asked for sharp budget cuts to the Navy and the premature retirement of eight ships and two combat vessels, the Washington Free Beacon reported. Sending these ships to an early retirement would remove more than 600 vertical missile launch systems.
Keeping the prestigious super carriers in service has costs don’t you know?
Definitely the kind of information that should be public knowledge. /s
It’s not horrifically out of the ordinary. Certainly around WW1/WW2, you could expect 1/3ish of a fleet to be out of action at any one time, due to maintenance/working up/breaking in new crew. I can’t assume a nuclear fleet improves that too much
Its called BLOAT
The US military has about forty-four 4-Star Generals.
Last time we had that rank density was April 1945, when we had four 5-stars and thirteen 4-stars. And that’s when 12 million men were under arms.
Of course, generals don’t fix submarines, but its indicative of a highly bloated, highly political, and needlessly expensive bureaucracy. The DoD is just another very expensive progressive/left jobs program.
One current example of the extreme backlog is the USS Connecticut, one of three premier Seawolf-class submarines. It struck an underwater mountain in the South China Sea 20 months ago and won’t be back in service until early 2026 at the soonest.
The best year for attack sub availability was fiscal 2015 when 19% — or 10 of the then 53 subs — were in overhaul,
https://gcaptain.com/nearly-40-of-us-attack-submarines-are-out-of-commission-for-repairs/
‘shipbuilding’ should not interfere with ‘repairing’ existing vessels. Get a brain.
So, is it 35% or 39% or 25%?
Getting Rainbow paint jobs in dry dock.
Or 37%. 36.9273%.
Nice OpSec…
No, it isn’t that. It is that there are not adequate facilities to perform maintenance. Not a money thing, as far as I have heard. It is capable facilities...and a lack of qualified labor.
“ One current example of the extreme backlog is the USS Connecticut, one of three premier Seawolf-class submarines. It struck an underwater mountain in the South China Sea 20 months ago and won’t be back in service until early 2026 at the soonest.”
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Well, you certainly can not say that submarine’s crew couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn.
They are nothing but floating target platforms now for hypersonic missiles
Delays at naval shipyards mean that nearly 40% of US attack submarines are out of commission for repairs, about double the rate the Navy would like,
This is how much the mediaPUKES despise anything American, American people, and our military. Why are they telegraphing this sensitive information to our enemies? Because they despise the USA and desperately need a war. $$
Wait. Lets talk priorities.
Do soliders use proper pronouns?
Are LGBTAGQXYZ123 people feeling welcome?
Have we analyzed what carbon footprint our subs cost the environment?
Racial & gender quotas not met for the year?
It’s very apparent that the only people in the world that didn’t know that was the US citizens. Glad they let it out. I hate secrets (?). Never known one to stay that way.
wy69
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