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The Columbia-class sub fleet faces a 17-month slip and a labor math problem

What does it mean to have a high-priority shipbuilding project in the Navy that takes ages to come to fruition despite years ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

The Columbia-class submarine’s tight timeline is forcing the Navy to hedge

“The Columbia-class program is building the largest submarines the U.S. Navy has ever put to sea and it still has almost no room for delay.” Intended as the sea-based pillar of U.S. strategic ...
The Providence Journal

One of the largest, most complex ships built by the US is being made in RI. What to know.

The U.S.S. Wisconsin, a new Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine, had its keel laying ceremony on August 27th. The Wisconsin is the second submarine in the Columbia-class, which will eventually ...
The National Interest

Will the First Columbia-class Submarine Set Sail on Time?

The Columbia-class submarines are meant to serve as more advanced replacements for the Ohio-class. Despite massive delays impacting nearly all of the US Navy’s upcoming projects, there appears to be ...