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.
Lasers.
But trillions$ for “green” “infrastructure”.
“...the backlog was due to “insufficient numbers of workers and facility constraints” at naval shipyards as well as “supply chain issues,”
China, Russia...are you listening?
So, when’ Tom Cruise going to make a movie about an ocean-going naval fueler ship...
Superstar fuel transfer officer loses his nerve, but meets hot female contractor that helps him get his mojo back in time to refuel that fleet of littoral combat ships...
Time to weed the garden
They have been vulnerable to nuclear attacks for many years their defense is based entirely on what happens next. No country could do well against an all out retaliation, without that threat of course, they are lambs to the slaughter.
The problem is with the government owned shipyards. Who would have thunk?
US shipyard capacity: 100,000 tons
Chinese shipyard capacity: 23,250,000 million tons
Affirmative Action rears its ugly head. Affirmative Action trumps competence. In reality, competence is all that matters when it comes to building and maintaining machinery.
Gotta keep that social spending up.
Right on schedule for America’s defeat before the 2024 election.
Unfortunately, of the last five Presidents, only one(George W. Bush) had military experience.
1993 Bill Clinton
2009 Barak Obama
2017 Donald Trump
2021 Joe Biden
So much for the responsibility and title of “Commander in Chief”
Mare Island* entered the atomic age in 1954 by building the first nuclear submarine on the west coat, the USS Sargo. The shipyard went on to build a total of 17 nuclear-powered submarines, ending with the USS Drum in 1970. The City’s namesake, the USS Mariano G. Vallejo was built at Mare Island and launched on October 23, 1965. As the submarine slid down the ways, its decoration even included a huge sombrero on the boat.
Although Mare Island did not build any additional ships in its final 26 years of service, it did continue its mission of “Service to the Fleet” as it repaired, dry docked, and overhauled nuclear submarines well into the 1990’s. The shipyard also aided our country during the cold war by equipping submarines to carry out top secret spy missions against the Soviet Union.
*Mare Island Vallejo, Ca.
In the spring of 1996, the shipyard officially closed its doors, thus ending 142 years of United States Navy history.
If our submarine radars can’t detect underwater mountains, how good can they be at detecting enemy subs?
LOL. Radar doesn’t work underwater.
That is absolutely true. This is a deeper problem than competency, however, in that the available facilities are so few, so behind schedule, that things are rolling up.
The issue here is with submarines in particular, but it extends to ALL ship maintenance and repairs, not limited to subs.
Next up, in ‘other news’:
US Navy charges staffer with espionage after being fingered for leaking deficiencies of the service in maintaining readiness of the SSN force.
/s
But don’t tell the enemy.
Unless the enemy did the counting and told the reporters.
Need to outsource the repairs, etc., to China...
The chicoms would have no problem installing all those requisite beauty parlors and bath house facilities...
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