Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Incident sous-marin au large de la péninsule de Kola" in French language version.
« Baton Rouge was due to be re-fueled, a lengthy and expensive proposition. Military budget cutbacks apparently did not allow for the additional expense of the repairs needed, and Baton Rouge was placed « In Commission, In Reserve » on 01 November 1993. This status meant that the Navy effectively retired Baton Rouge from service. Most of the crew was reassigned to other duties, and preparations were begun to safely shut the nuclear reactor down so that the radioactive fuel rods could be removed later, during the scrapping process (known as « submarine recycling » and performed at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington). She had been in service less than 16 years (from the time she was commissioned until she was placed in ICIR status). (…) The extent of the damage has not been publicly disclosed, but must be inferred from the fact that the Baton Rouge was decommissioned, rather than repaired. »
— (en) Gregory Stitz, Peacetime Submarine losses, Texas Maritime Academy (en), Texas A & M University at Galveston, 1996
