Elderly USN submarine tenders to serve for another decade
USS Emory S. Land pictured after completion of its scheduled maintenance availability refit in April 2021. (Photo: Mrityunjoy Mazumdar)
Replacement plans take shape for new vessels to provide essential maintenance and support to USN submarines and surface ships — but it must rely on existing ageing platforms for some time yet.
In early April, the USN submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) completed a $33.53 million scheduled maintenance availability refit lasting more than seven months at the Mare Island Dry Dock Company in Vallejo, California.
The vessel emerged from the dry dock in March 2021 and departed Vallejo on 7 April 2021.
In all, the ship spent 80 days longer than planned at Mare Island, partly because of COVID-related restrictions on dockyard working practices as well as additional work packages.
The scope of the work included scheduled regular overhaul and corrective maintenance of numerous shipboard systems, including electrical
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