{"id":1722485,"date":"2022-11-03T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T10:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1722485"},"modified":"2022-11-03T06:34:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T10:34:02","slug":"navy-could-extend-life-of-five-ohio-class-submarines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-could-extend-life-of-five-ohio-class-submarines\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Could Extend Life of Five Ohio-Class Submarines"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnavy-could-extend-life-of-five-ohio-class-submarines%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1722485&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_98592\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6712058.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98592\" data-attachment-id=\"98592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2022\/11\/01\/navy-could-extend-life-of-five-ohio-class-ballistic-missile-boats-to-hedge-against-columbia-program-delays\/the-u-s-navy-submarine-uss-alaska-ssbn-732-arrived-at-the-port-of-gibraltar\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6712058.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2016,1512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{\" aperture \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-98592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USS Alaska (SSBN-732) arrived at the Port of Gibraltar on June 28, 2021. US Navy Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>ARLINGTON, Va. \u2013 Five of the Navy\u2019s oldest submarines are candidates for a three-year life extension, service officials said on Tuesday.<span id=\"more-98591\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 18-month repair period would target the five Ohio-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines, or SSBNs, to support a requirement for the Navy to surge 10 boomers as a strategic nuclear contingency, program executive officer for strategic submarines Rear Adm. Scott Pappano said at the Naval Submarine League\u2019s annual symposium.<\/p>\n<p>The plan would provide a cushion while the first Columbia-class boats come online, starting with the future USS <em>District of Columbia<\/em> (SSBN-826), which is set to begin its first patrol in October 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe riskiest period for them is in the 2030s as Columbias come online and the Ohios go out,\u201d Pappano said.<\/p>\n<p>The SSBN inventory will include new boats that could experience early class problems and the oldest Ohios that could be at higher risk of component failure, Pappano said.<\/p>\n<p>Further complicating the timeline is the test program for the next naval strategic weapons, the Trident II D5 Life Extension II missiles, which will need to test on both classes, Pappano said.<\/p>\n<p>The new missiles would initially appear on the ninth Columbia boat and continue to the twelfth, while the previous eight submarines in the class would receive a backfit, Pappano said. The program is designed to replace obsolete components in the missiles and extend their lives into the 2060s.<\/p>\n<p>The first pre-inactivation restricted availabilities (PIRAs) could start as early as Fiscal Year 2029 for USS <em>Alaska<\/em> (SSBN-732), Pappano said. The Navy will decide whether to move ahead with the PIRAs by 2025 or 2026 to secure the long-lead materials for the effort based on a long-established process, said Rear. Adm. Doug Perry, the director of submarine warfare for the Office of Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N97)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process for evaluating a submarine for a life extension is a very standardized process,\u201d he said.<br \/>\u201cEvery submarine, as it approaches a retirement date, we direct a review of the material condition of that ship. And we gather data. You\u2019re looking at all the historical data of every component on the ship \u2013 the components, and the material maintenance that\u2019s been done over the years. We bring that into a database and review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key to the future work of extending the life of the Ohio SSBNs are the four Ohio nuclear guided-missile submarines, or SSGNs, the oldest in the class.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy extended the class from an initial 30-year service life to 42 years. The first two from the class, USS <em>Ohio<\/em> (SSGN-726) and USS <em>Florida<\/em> (SSGN-728), are set to depart the service in FY 2026, followed by the other three boats that were\u00a0converted to carry Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles rather than Trident missiles with nuclear warheads.<\/p>\n<p>Pappano said that as the four SSGNs begin to leave service the Navy would conduct destructive testing on its systems to get a better idea of how much life the other Ohio boats can get and see what it can strip from the decommissioned boats for parts.<\/p>\n<p>As to the broader Columbia program, the construction is largely on schedule with very little margin for error, Pappano told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>A six-month buffer the Navy built into the planned construction schedule is down to a single month due to a combination of COVID-19 delays and early hiccups with the digital design systems shipyards used by General Dynamics Electric Boat and Newport News to build the submarines, Pappano said.<\/p>\n<p>Moving ahead, the Navy and the shipbuilders estimate they need to produce about 10,000 new shipyard workers each year over the next decade to meet the demand of not only building the dozen planned Columbia boats, but also to deliver two Virginia-class attack submarines a year.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Pappano singled out the submarine workforce as the single largest barrier to meeting the schedule for new submarine construction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many years, we left that [training] to the contractors. We don\u2019t have that luxury anymore,\u201d he said in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USS Alaska (SSBN-732) arrived at the Port of Gibraltar on June 28, 2021. 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