USS San Francisco Leaves Dry Dock
USS San Francisco (SSN 711) left dry dock Arco (ARDM 5) at Naval Base Point Loma, Nov. The Los Angeles-class, fast-attack submarine pulled into dry dock June 30, for an extensive docking availability, the largest shipyard work period ever performed at Arco. "This type of availability normally takes a little over nine months; however, team San Francisco, Arco, and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard got the submarine in and out of dry dock in four months - a record," said Lt. Cmdr. Mack Schmidt, Arco's commanding officer. The crew that made up this dry docking evolution included Sailors from both San Francisco and Arco, as well as personnel from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. "I have been in the Navy 20 years and I have never come out of a dry dock early," said Lt.
BAE Systems Awarded Contract
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $19.3m firm-fixed-price, time & material contract to provide Service Craft Overhaul (SCO) aboard the U.S. Navy-floating dry-dock ARCO (ARDM-5) home-ported at Point Loma, Calif., and procure long lead-time material in support of the SCO. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by June 2008. Contract funds in the amount of $19, 329,192, will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured and advertised via the Federal Business Opportunities Website, with seven proposals solicited and two offers received. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.(N55236-07-C-0009)
