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Sub Official Vows First Columbia Boat On Patrol By 2030

Monday, November 18th, 2024

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Sub Official Vows First Columbia Boat On Patrol By 2030

Artist rendering of the future Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), which will replace the Ohio-class submarines. (Illustration: U.S. Navy)

A Navy official last week promised the first Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine will deploy for patrol by 2030 despite a year of delays. “How’s Columbia going today? In one word bad and two words not bad. We are going to have USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826) on patrol in 2030. To builders out there, supply chain, major mechanical equipment out there, stakeholders out there, we’re going to have District of Columbia on patrol in 2030,”Matt Sermon, executive director of…

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