‘What a Mess’: The US Navy Spent Four and a Half Years and $80 Million Repairing a Seawolf-Class Nuclear Submarine. It Is Scheduled to Retire in 2031

‘What a Mess’: The US Navy Spent Four and a Half Years and $80 Million Repairing a Seawolf-Class Nuclear Submarine. It Is Scheduled to Retire in 2031

The Seawolf-class fast attack submarine USS Connecticut has been, in some ways, a hard-luck boat. Five years ago, it hit an underwater seamount, and the repair process has been expensive and time-consuming. Now the U.S. Navy has set a retirement date for the sub even though it is returning to active duty soon. The Americans need as many attack submarines as possible that can fire missiles during overseas contingencies these days, and the decommi…