More than four years after the USS Connecticut slammed into an underwater mountain to force an emergency ascent off China's ...

The Seawolf-class fast attack sub was deemed too expensive to mass produce in the wake of the ending of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union.

Navy plans to inactivate Kitsap-based USS Connecticut, one of the nation's only three Seawolf-class nuclear-powered submarines, in 2031.

The USS Connecticut was damaged after colliding with a seamount in 2001. She could return to service later this year, only to be retired in 2031 ...