At the time, the U.S. Navy Public Affairs of the 7th Fleet and Submarine Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet would not comment to Naval News on where SSN 22 would transit to, citing security reasons for submarine operations, but the
USS Connecticut will definitely need additional extensive repairs back in the United States since Guam lacked the facilities and the manufacturing industry to repair such extensive bow damage. According to
France-Metallurgie the three
Seawolf submarines use HY-100 steel on hulls two inches thick that is 20% stronger than HY-80 steel on the
Los Angeles-class attack submarines. Also unknown is if and how the U.S. Navy would repair the
USS Connecticut as a new sonar dome would be a custom repair job if the U.S. Navy deems the submarine worthy and cost-effective of repairs.