ProtectedShipsSubmarines US submarine force’s maintenance woe By ANI - February 26, 2022 0 604 Australian sailors should spend time working on a US Virginia-class submarine, says US Congressman Rob Wittman. The U.S. Navy attack submarine force inventory is at a low, and maintenance backlogs are making it harder to conduct important development work, the commander of the submarine force in U.S. Pacific Fleet said this week, Defense News reports. Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)