Latest News About Uss Boise (Ssn-764)

Here’s the latest widely reported update on USS Boise (SSN-764).

• The U.S. Navy announced on April 9, 2026 that USS Boise, a Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine, will be inactivated. The decision followed a data-driven assessment aimed at reallocation of funds and personnel toward newer Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines and other readiness priorities .
• The inactivation is described as part of a fleet-wide optimization effort to improve overall readiness and warfighting capability by concentrating resources on higher-priority programs .
• Related coverage notes that the Navy has faced sustainment delays on some legacy Los Angeles-class boats; the Boise decision aligns with shifting budgets to critical modern programs .

If you’d like, I can pull in more context about what inactivation typically entails (decommissioning timelines, potential scrapping or recycling plans, and impacts on crew transitions) or summarize how this fits alongside other recent submarine force modernization efforts.