The Navy is giving up on repairing USS Miami and will scrap her.
According to The Day, the estimated repair costs went from $450 million to $700 million. Anyone somewhat familiar with ship repairs could add another 20% to that for repairs for stuff not yet known. And $700 million for repairing that boat would mean that a hell of a lot of other repairs to other ships would be deferred.
Also, although repair funds and new construction are two different pots of money, spending a billion dollars to repair a 23-year old sub is insane when, for twice that, the Navy can buy another new Virginia-class SSN that'll be serviceable for four times the projected remaining life of the Miami.
A blog by a "sucker" and a "loser" who served her country in the Navy.
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013
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Sheesh. According to Wiki, some bozo set the fire to get off work early.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the crew could hold a surprise party for him...