US Aircraft Carrier 'Ike' Leaves Drydock
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) has left dry dock and moved from Dry Dock 8 to pier 42/43 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Va. informs USN. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has been in dry dock since September 2013, conducting a scheduled docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) period. "Without the excellent work of the ship's team leaders and zone managers, the ship wouldn't have been ready when it was," said Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy James, Ike's maintenance manager. James said the ship's force and NNSY personnel worked well together, completing approximately 12,500 jobs prior to flooding the dock. Brian Bennett, the Ike DPIA project supervisor, said the undocking is the first of many major key events to come for the Ike project team.
Diving ... in a Mall!
Navy Divers 1st Class Phil Hartman (left) and Brian Bennett attached to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, enjoy a dive at Underwater Adventures Aquarium at the Mall of America. The MDSU-2 divers returned to the area to participate in Twin Cities Navy Week after spending much of August assisting local, state and federal authorities find missing victims in the wake of the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in their Navy and to increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant Fleet presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Robin Nelson)
