The main reason for the delay was that they had to wait for a new bow section, which came from the donor boat USS Honolulu. For a time it was not certain the idea would work. There were concerns that the hull may have been deformed; additionally it had never been done before. Ultimately a little ingenuity and a lot of money (don't know the number) made it work.
Makes sense.
Ah...bent chassis. Still, insurance co. wouldn’t total it.
I spent a couple of years on pre-com crew for one of the 688’s at Electric Boat. It was when the tridents were going to sea for the first time.
Give them enough money, and those guys at the shipyards can get anything built or repaired. They put some amazing effort into putting them together and fixing the things they put together wrong. Or fixing those incidents where a certain captain or crew perform a really bone-headed maneuver.
Remember: The submarine exists to protect the reactor. At least that’s what I, as a nuc, thought!
Makes sense.”
Actually it is MONEY it can do Amazing things.
It was flat lined and on support at another place.