2025 - CRS Report on COLUMBIA Class (R44129)

This report was issued by the Congressional Research Service on 3/28/2025 and provides insight to Congress on the Program.

The issues for Congress include the following:

• the impact of the April 2024 estimated 12- to 16-month delay in the delivery of the first Columbia-class boat on the Navy's plans for replacing Ohio-class SSBNs on a timely basis and potential for it increasing ;

• industrial-base challenges of building both Columbia-class boats and Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) at the same time; and

• the risk of cost growth in the Columbia-class program and the impact this might have on funding that will be available for other Navy programs, including other shipbuilding programs.