Pearl Harbor
Nova Group Secures Contract
Nova Group, Incorporated of Napa, Calif., is being awarded an $11,720,000 firm-fixed-price contract for consolidated drydock projects at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Hawaii. Work will be performed at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by September 2004 for Project A, and March 2004 for Project B. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with eighteen proposals solicited and two offers were received. The Pacific Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is the contracting activity.
Pearl Harbor Joins Partnership of the Americas
Sailors aboard dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) man the rails as a tugboat assigned to Naval Station Pearl Harbor guides the ship into Pearl Harbor. USS Pearl Harbor is currently in port to honor those who valiantly fought to defend the island of Oahu during the attack on December 7, 1941. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) departed Naval Station San Diego on March 28 to begin their role in a U.S
Urethane to Provide for Supply Center
The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii has granted Urethane Products Corp. (UPC) another contract for six 10 ft. diameter x 16 ft.-long Marine Guard foam-filled marine fenders. The fenders are constructed for energy absorbing capacity of 1,081 ft. kips with a reaction force of 402 kips. Comprised of energy absorbing heat laminated foam core, a tough continuous filament wound tire cord reinforced urethane elastomeric skin and built in swivel end fittings
Coast Guard, Navy to Conduct Security Exercise
A flotilla of military and support vessels Tuesday will conduct a joint security exercise off of the entrance to Pearl Harbor. Persons viewing this exercise from shore or from other vessels should not be alarmed - this is only an exercise. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island along with small boats from Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Naval Submarine Support Command, and the Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Honolulu will exercise a variety of security scenarios
This Day in Naval History - Dec. 05
From the Navy News Service 1843 - USS Michigan is launched at Erie, Penn. Michigan is America's first iron-hulled warship, as well as the first prefabricated ship. 1941 - USS Lexington (CV 2) sails with Task Force 12 to transport Marine aircraft to Midway, leaving no carriers at Pearl Harbor only days before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
BAE Systems Hawaii Awarded $7.8m
BAE Systems Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded a $7,842,302 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-4408) for the USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) repair availability. This repair availability modification consists of 67 various work items for various ship repairs, modifications and alterations to be performed in a three-month repair availability. Work will be performed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is expected to completed in December 2011
NAVSEA Garners Awards
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) emerged as a major force in environmental stewardship judging by its impressive showing during a recent series of environmental awards. NAVSEA and its various activities were very well represented on April 30 and May 1 at a series of environmental awards presentation ceremonies on behalf of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) and the Department of Defense (OSD).
Pearl Harbor Shipyard Wins Navy Safety Award
By Kerry Gershaneck, Naval Shipyard Public Affairs Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter announced Aug. 19 that Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard won the Department of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2008 Safety Excellence Award. This is the second consecutive year the shipyard earned the DON Safety Excellence Award. In 2007, the shipyard was recognized for achieving elite "Star" status under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Programs
New Navy Contracts
Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co., Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, is being awarded at $11,344,500 for firm fixed price task order #0010 under a multiple award construction contract (N62742-04-D-1302) for repairs to Pier B4 and Wharf B5 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Work will be performed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by May 2010. Funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
This Day in Naval History – Sept. 23
1779 - Captain John Paul Jones in Continental Navy frigate Bonhomme Richard captures HMS Serapis. 1931 - LT Alfred Pride pilots Navy's first rotary wing aircraft, XOP-1 autogiro, in landings and takeoffs on board USS Langley while underway. 1944 - Naval Task Group lands Army troops on Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands 1944 - USS West Virginia (BB-48) reaches Pearl Harbor and rejoins the Pacific Fleet, marking the end of the salvage and reconstruction of 18 ships damaged at Pearl Harbor
General Dynamics Wins Navy DDG Contract
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works Awarded $49 Million for DDG 51 Programs. The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), two contracts in support of the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyer program
US Joiner Acquires JCI Metal Products
Both companies supply needs of the marine equipment market in the commercial and defense sectors. JCI, headquartered in San Diego, CA with additional operations in Pearl Harbor, HI., is a leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services focusing on habitability, fabrication
Exhaust Gas Scrubbers, Not MGO, for 'Pride of America'
Green Tech Marine contracted to deliver four of its scrubber units to the Norwegian Cruise Line ship. The scrubbers will be installed in March during a dry dock in Pearl Harbor Naval shipyard. They will replace the ships silencers and clean the exhaust of four, 8 MW engines, in total 32 MW
First of Series LCS Stops Off in Pearl Harbor
Navy's First Littoral Combat Ship, 'USS Freedom' (LCS1) visits Pearl Harbor en route to Far East deployment. The ultra- modern U.S. Navy ship, bearing a four-color camouflage combination of flat black, haze gray, haze white and ocean gray
Naval Shipyard Wins Industrial Safety Award
Pearl Harbor Shipyard wins US Navy award for safety Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard has won the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Shore Safety Award for large industrial activities, the Navy has announced. The awards recognize outstanding support and achievement in Navy safety and occupational
L-3 Unidyne Awarded $39.4m Navy Funds
L-3 Services, Inc., Unidyne Division, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $39,488,032 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide submarine mechanical/electronic system engineering, analytical
BAE Commences Construction of Hopper Drdge
BAE Systems Cuts Steel, Begins Construction on Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge. BAE Systems has begun construction on the MV Magdalen, an 8,500 cubic yard capacity trailing suction hopper dredge for Weeks Marine, Inc. Executives from the two companies gathered this week at the BAE Systems
General Dynamics Awarded Navy Services Contract
General Dynamics Awarded $66 Million for Planning Yard Services for DDG 51 and FFG 7 Ships The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $66.1 million contract to provide ongoing planning yard services for the DDG 51 Arleigh
TSIMS US Navy Support Contract for AMSEC
Huntington Ingalls Industries Subsidiary AMSEC LLC wins U.S. Navy Total Ship Information Management System support contract (TSIMS) The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) task order contains a base period with two one-year option periods
Shift More Navy Assets to Asia-Pacific Says Report
A Washington think tank concludes Navy should deploy more ships, submarines, to the Asia-Pacific theater. The congressionally mandated report by the Center for International and Strategic Studies offers a number of suggestions to rebalance U.S
Fabrication of Aegis Destroyer 'John Finn' Starts at Inglalls
Huntington Ingalls Industries starts work on the 29th 'Arleigh Burke'-class destroyer to be built at its Ingalls Shipbuilding Division. The start of fabrication milestone signifies that 100 tons of steel have been cut for DDG 113. Ingalls uses state-of-the-art robotic cutting machines to ensure
Navy Cruiser Modernization Contract For Ingalls Shipbuilding
Ingalls Shipbuilding division gets an US$83.3-million cost-plus-award-fee contract to modernize USS Ticonderoga-class (CG 47) Aegis guided missile cruisers. The contract, for continued life-cycle engineering, modernization and support services, is the first of five options which, if exercised
HII to Modernize Navy (CG 47) Cruisers
Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded Modernization Contract for CG 47-Class Ships Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded an $83.3 million cost-plus-award-fee contract from the U.S
US Navy $70-million Contract for General Dynamics
General Dynamics subsidiary Bath Iron Works contracted to provide yard services for newbuilding destroyer, frigate programs. This $70.5 million contract is to provide ongoing planning yard services for the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer and the FFG 7 Oliver Hazard Perry-class
BIW Wins $49m for DDG 51 Programs
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), two contracts in support of the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer program. Bath Iron Works is the lead shipyard and design agent for the class.