US Navy ends USS Boise submarine overhaul after price tag soars
Navy Times • • nation
Key Points:
- The U.S. Navy has decided to retire the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise after repairs became too costly, despite a $1.2 billion overhaul that began in 2024.
- The submarine had been sidelined since 2015, and Navy Secretary John Phelan revealed it had already cost $800 million with an additional $1.9 billion needed to complete repairs.
- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle stated the decision allows the Navy to focus resources on delivering new Virginia and Columbia-class submarines and improving fleet readiness.
- The Navy aims to deliver the Columbia-class submarine by 2028 and recently commissioned the USS Massachusetts, the 12th Virginia-class submarine, in March 2025.
- The Trump administration's fiscal 2027 defense budget requests $65 billion for shipbuilding, including funding for two Virginia-class and one Columbia-class submarine, doubling shipbuilding requests from fiscal 2026.
