How the U.S. Navy Could Lose the Next War
Overseas facilities also experience a high turnover which results in lack of experienced workers.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Ironically, the same problems also affect U.S.-based shipyards. Insufficient shipyard capacity and lack of skilled workers have created such a backlog that most Navy nuclear submarines are facing delays in maintenance, according to a 2019 GAO report. The Navy says it would need 20 years to improve the shipyards.
Backlogs at American shipyards and depots have created an immense maintenance backlog that have left many U.S. Navy ships without needed repairs and refits.