Pearl Harbor will be sub hub

[unhappycamper]

Pearl Harbor will be sub hub
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jan 9, 2009 19:38:50 EST

HONOLULU — Pearl Harbor will become the main hub for the Navy’s new Virginia-class nuclear submarines, with about two-thirds of the subs initially being based there, Navy officials say.

The Navy plans to build at least 19 of the submarines at a cost of about $2.5 billion each, but the number that will pass through Pearl Harbor hasn’t been released.

The overall number of attack submarines in Pearl Harbor — about 15 — won’t change, said Capt. W. Scott Gureck, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

The Navy revealed its Virginia-class submarine distribution information Thursday at an annual military update for the business community hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.

Eventually, the Virginia-class submarines will replace existing Los Angeles-class submarines as they reach the end of their life spans, said Capt. W. Scott Gureck, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet.


Article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_phsubs_010909/%2e

[Captain Hilts]

1. I've read that the cost per boat will go down to about $1.75bn because of economies of scale. nt