Navy Abandons USS Boise Overhaul After 11 Years And $800 Million Spent

Navy Abandons USS Boise Overhaul After 11 Years And $800 Million Spent The U.S. Navy has finally thrown in the towel on the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN-764). After more than eleven years pierside and roughly $800 million poured into a repair effort that never really started, the service announced that the 34-year-old boat will be inactivated rather than returned to the fleet. The decision comes as the Navy shifts focus to Virginia- and Columbia-class construct...