The U.S. Navy suddenly suspended work on the repair of submarines at once in four dry docks

The U.S. Navy abruptly halted submarine repair work at four dry docks on the West Coast, sparking renewed concern within the U.S. over the AUKUS agreement just weeks before Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. announce plans to develop nuclear-powered submarines for Canberra.

The Navy announced over the weekend that it would "temporarily suspend" operations at three docks at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Washington state. Also in the fourth dock at the Trident Refit Facility, in Bangor, which serves the Ohio-class submarine. They referred to the need for their anti-seismic strengthening.

A very interesting wording. It looks like they are trying to hide some real problems behind it. It is possible that this is an echo of the scandal with the supply of substandard steels for the construction of nuclear submarines. Unfortunately, this scandal both flared up and went out. No specific test results have been released.

The Navy stressed that the decision to suspend repairs "does not affect the potential for strategic deterrence or the ability to fleet continue to complete tasks. That said, the ship repair halt would make it harder for the US Navy to arrange for the deployment, maintenance, and then decommissioning of nuclear submarines, and could raise new concerns about the constraints facing the US industrial base ahead of the announcement of plans under AUKUS in March.

The fact that US shipyards simply "will not pull" such volumes of nuclear submarine construction was said initially. As soon as the first mentions of the possibility of building a nuclear submarine for Australia appeared. The United States is currently supporting its fleet's needs for the construction of two nuclear attack submarines annually, with transcendental efforts, while one in three submarines in service is either undergoing maintenance or awaiting maintenance. Violation of repair schedules can have very serious consequences in the future.

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[fiv]

"The US Navy Sudden Suspension of Submarine Repair Work at Four Dry Docks on the West Coast" - Bangor, Maine, on the East Coast. They need to invite British specialists, learn how to put bolts on superglue.

[Evil 55]

Considering that there are 17 US nuclear submarines in Puget Sound under repair and maintenance, this only pleases us ..

[German]

Not happy at all! The suspension of scheduled repairs and the withdrawal of nuclear submarines from the docks is an unfortunate fact!
Now, if repairs were suspended and the boats were at the docks, maybe it would be worth rejoicing.

[Egeny]

Igor, I just wanted to insert it "striped", but you are already ahead of it, plus.)

[fiv]

Mutually, Evgenia! ******************************************************* *********

[TermNachTer]

I was not too lazy to go to Wikipedia. Submarine Base Bangor, Washington, merged in 2004 with Bremerton to form Kitsap Base. But out of habit, many continue to call her Bangor. The city of Bangor, Maine, where the writer Steve King lives, has no otonogeny.

[fiv]

And I'm lazy, I decided to go to geography. The note is removed, of course, thanks

[sergo1914]

. the need for their anti-seismic reinforcement.

At first I read "anti-Semitic". Startled. I re-read it again. Calmed down.
I think it needs to be reinforced with springs. If many large springs are welded to the sides outside, an anti-seismic submarine will be obtained. But it is better to cover the outside with rubber-lead plates. Then it will be forever.

[Bingo]

Quote: sergo1914

I think it needs to be reinforced with springs.

You can immediately see - you are from backward Russia))) With the memory effect, puff up the springs! The current applied - they unclenched, turned it off - they shrunk ... And everything is under the control of AI, you can still paint a stealth coating so that the enemy does not see the spring. Learn!
In general, such a joke pleases. So for stocks in the USA, where they are tinkering with nuclear submarines, they need to level the seismic. But to build a damn Fukushima-type nuclear power plant in the most seismically hazardous region of the world - in principle, they were not laid down for seismic safety. But protection against a direct strike from an airliner was added there ...
Well done sawmillers - everything you don't need - for your money!

[Egeny]

Ilya, hi. Better yet, glue the board with air mattresses ... On the one hand, it will not sink, and on the other - depreciation.

[Bingo]

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Better yet, cover the board with air mattresses ...

Good luck, Evgenia!
No, mattresses won’t go - there’s nowhere to put high technologies, and in general it turns out too cheap - there’s nothing to saw!

[TermNachTer]

Inflatable mattresses, especially Chinese ones, are in bad taste))) where are the billions of dollars to write off?))))

[your1970]

Quote: TermNachTER

Inflatable mattresses, especially Chinese ones, are in bad taste))) where are the billions of dollars to write off?))))

The best option is removable foam plastic. You need to dive in - quickly foam plastic sheathing in bags and on cables behind you. Again, if it sinks, you will immediately see by the bags where you drowned.
And most importantly, it will take a lot of foam plastic to replace damaged places ...
Drinking - I don't want to...

[ch28k38]

As far as I understood the situation, the seismic danger is not threatening the nuclear submarines themselves, but the docks. Floating ones will not suffer much yet, but dry ones cannot be saved from a seismic shock either by springs or lead.

[aszzz888]

They referred to the need for their anti-seismic strengthening.

A very interesting wording.

Why so?! Waiting for "Poseidon", or where?

[dzvero]

Or maybe Yellowstone will explode one of these days or the Earth will still wrap around the celestial axis

[Denis812]

Very good news! Right here is positive.

the decision to suspend repair work "does not affect the strategic deterrent capability or the ability of the fleet to continue to perform tasks"

As I understand it, they have MO, that our MO says the same thing everywhere. Not enough shipyards - bullshit, will not affect anything. A fire on a ship of the first rank is nothing, it does not affect anything. An ammunition depot exploded - nonsense, we even included this in the plan.

[okunevich_rv]

titanium is probably over, or due to sanctions it has risen in price greatly

[digger]

Meanwhile, Russia has already commissioned 6 Boreevs. There are 4 units left. The process is ongoing and cannot be stopped. Now the Boreas are already the most numerous nuclear submarines of the new series of all those in service.

[Daishi]

Weaklings, they need to learn repair from us, or a fire in the dock, or flooding in the dock, or a crane has fallen, and so on.

[Sarboz]

Quote from Daishi

Weaklings, they need to learn repair from us, or a fire in the dock, or flooding in the dock, or a crane has fallen, and so on.

You are right, comrade. Americans from TsIPSO learn and learn. You lost the entire fleet in the first days of the NVO, but now you are already storming the Kremlin in inflatable boats directly from the Moscow River.

[Daishi]

Quote: Sarboz

You are right, comrade. Americans from TsIPSO learn and learn. You lost the entire fleet in the first days of the NVO, but now you are already storming the Kremlin in inflatable boats directly from the Moscow River.

Well, if you are talking about Ukrainians, then they didn’t have a fleet like that.

And my post was ironic, read about the repair of the aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, there are so many adventures ...... Although my logic would be better if they made a museum out of it

[TermNachTer]

Well, during repairs, they also had fires - be healthy))) decommissioned UDC and nuclear submarines. So - this is still a big question - who should learn from whom)))

[Seamaster]

Ho-ho-licks are preparing to transmit. Definitely.
Ice reinforcements will be installed so that nuclear submarines can navigate the Dnieper and Kakhovka Seas.
Well, weld mounts for machine guns and AGS on deck.

[maiman61]

They found something serious on their prodigies! And the chatter from a set of beautiful words, as always, is worth nothing!

[TermNachTer]

Versions - two. First, the fact that the West Coast, a seismically active zone, is not a secret. California generally shakes regularly. Perhaps the seismographs said something, an earthquake is a dangerous thing. In Japan, in 1923, a lot of ships in the docks on the stocks broke so that they could not be restored. Option two - supply of substandard steels. You may have to change a lot, at once and on many boats. Since this mess lasted for more than one year, and now these boats come for maintenance and repair.

[Consultant]

Perhaps they decided to temporarily hold them for extras.