GAO Report on Navy Readiness and Shipyard Improvement
The following is the June 28, 2023, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Address Cost and Schedule…
Overview of Department of Defense Maintenance Depots
The following is the Dec. 30, 2022, Congressional Research Service’s In Focus report, Defense Primer: Department of Defense Maintenance Depots.…
Navy Cost Estimates on Shipyard Modernization ‘Wildly Off,’ GAO Tells Congress
The Navy’s cost estimates for modernizing dry docks in its four public shipyards ‘have been wildly off point,” Diana Maurer,…
Navy Issues Contracts in First Step Toward $8B to Rebuild Two Public Shipyards
The Navy issued the first contracts to companies that will compete for about $8 billion worth of military construction projects…
Hawaii Attack Boat CO Removed Amid Command Climate Investigation After Sailor Death
The commander of a Hawaii-based submarine was removed during an investigation prompted with the suicide of a sailor last month.…
Submarine Sailor Dies by Apparent Suicide at Pearl Harbor Shipyard
This story has been updated to include the identity of the sailor who died. A Navy sailor died by an…
Navy, Lawmaker Split Over Timeline to Renovate Public Repair Yards
The Navy faces a conundrum in renovating its centuries-old public shipyards.…
Investigation Finds USS Columbia Shooter Was Likely Unfit to Serve on Submarines
The sailor who killed two civilian shipyard workers and them himself at a repair yard in Hawaii had shown signs…
GAO: Naval Shipyards Still Under-Resourced; Delays On Sub, Carrier Work Will Continue
It’s no secret that the Navy’s four public shipyards have prioritized attack submarines last, instead of focusing the yards’ limited…
NAVSEA Says Attack Sub Repairs Much Improved as USS Boise Enters Yard Following 4-Year Wait
After years of struggling to conduct attack submarine maintenance – with the four public naval shipyards prioritizing SSN work last,…