I just read that the San Francisco was scheduled to be decommissioned in 2017. If this is ture, the Navy might try to repair the damage, since she'll be good for another 12 years or so. Although it might take some time to repair that kind of damage; it would involve essentially building a new nose section.
Does anyone know if it would be practical to take the nose section of a LA sub scheduled to be scrapped and fit it on to the San Francisco?
Figure THAT would be half the cost of building a new boat.