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Navy Assessing Los Angeles Subs For Life Extension

Friday, November 19th, 2021

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Navy Assessing Los Angeles Subs For Life Extension

The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami enters dry dock to begin an overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 2012. (U.S. Navy photo by Jim Cleveland/Released)

A senior official recently said the Navy is assessing every Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) attack submarine to ascertain if they can extend their service lives by a few more years. The Navy is “systematically looking at each 688, that’s the service life extension, to see whether we can extend that,” Rear Adm. Doug Perry, director of Undersea Warfare (N97), said at the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium on Nov. 18. Perry said about three months ago he signed the paper to…

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