[george76]

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/

[House Atreides]

“ 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.

[princeofdarkness]

If our submarine radars can’t detect underwater mountains, how good can they be at detecting enemy subs?