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Ohio Senator Pushes Admin To Direct Funds For New Sub Repair Facilities

Ohio Senator Pushes Admin To Direct Funds For New Sub Repair Facilities
The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN-780) departs Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard after completing a scheduled extended dry-docking selected restricted availability (EDSRA) in May 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Amanda R. Gray/Released)

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) recently sent the Biden administration a letter urging it to direct funds from the recent national security supplemental law toward building submarine repair facilities in Ohio. Brown’s letter, addressed May 30, asks President Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro to take up the proposal pushed by Bartlett Maritime Corp. to create new submarine maintenance facilities in Ohio. “Through an investment in a Phase I contract, the Bartlett Maritime…

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