The ship left San Diego Wednesday for 'operational testing' of its recently-repaired rudder, the Navy said.
The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer is once again at sea after being forced to abandon its western Pacific deployment after just 10 days in April due to a damaged rudder.
The rudder problem emerged after years of costly delays that left the 840-foot ship stuck pier-side at Naval Base San Diego for years.Lt. Grace Kording, a spokesperson for Naval Surface Force in San Diego, said the ship is testing the repairs to its rudder. She did not say when the Boxer will resume its stalled deployment.
"Readiness remains a priority for the Navy and we will work diligently to test these repairs to get Boxer back to sea," Kording said in a statement. The Boxer began a $250 million overhaul in 2020 that would allow it to operate with the latest Marine Corps fighter, the F-35B. In July 2020, while it was in a San Diego dry dock, its sister ship, the USS Bonhomme Richard, was destroyed by fire.Navy investigations released this year revealed that while the Boxer was being overhauled poorly supervised contractors used bad replacement parts that subsequently failed when the ship went to sea for trials in 2022.
The Navy did not indicate when the ship will resume its deployment, but the service plans to sideline the ship again next year.in May the service was soliciting contractors for an 18-month maintenance availability on Boxer from April 2025 to October 2026.I cover the military and veterans affairs at KPBS. As a veteran who enlisted in the Navy after 9/11, I understand the challenges service members and veterans face because I’ve faced them, too.
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