The recent US Navy (USN) decision to inactivate Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN 764) highlights the difficulty in maintaining ageing SSNs, and comes as USN officials have underscored ...

May 6, 2026: It was recently revealed one of the earliest Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarines will be inactivated after waiting more than a decade for an overhaul. USS Boise/SSN 764, currently ...

The United States Navy has announced the inactivation of the USS Boise (SSN-764), a nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Los Angeles class that spent more than ten years waiting for a major ...

One of the youngest Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarines will be inactivated after waiting more than a decade for an overhaul, the Navy announced on Friday. Now, after 11 years, the Navy ...

The USS Boise arriving at Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News, Virginia, shipyard on June 18, 2018. (Ashley Cowan/Huntington Ingalls Industries) Editor’s note: A previous version of this story ...

The Navy said Friday it would retire a U.S. nuclear attack submarine whose long-delayed and over-budget overhaul has become a symbol of shipbuilding and maintenance dysfunction. “We’ve made the ...

U.S. Navy warships and submarines routinely undergo repairs and refits and this ongoing maintenance is why vessels can remain part of the fleet for several decades – and are often ...