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USS Forrest Sherman SRA Ends On Time
March 5, 2021 — The USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) is returning to action on schedule after completing a six-month Selected Restricted Availability (SRA).The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) provided management and oversight to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) scheduled maintenance availability which was executed by Marine Hydraulics International... MORE

Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) returns from sea trials

MARMC Teams up with Ship Repair Industry to address “Pre-Deployment Bubble” COVID Protocols To Fix Ships
March 5, 2021 — The Navy’s largest East Coast maintenance center and their ship repair and maintenance partners in Hampton Roads are teaming up to prevent the threat of COVID outbreaks on ships in a “pre-deployment bubble”- a method to ensure crew is COVID free prior to deploying.- while continuing to provide timely and safe routine and emergent maintenance... MORE

Navy Partnership Advances Technology Applications Shipboard
October 15, 2020 — NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) – Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) in partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) are collaborating to advance fiber optics research for application in Navy shipboard systems.The Fiber Optic Sensing System (FOSS) is a technology that utilizes specialized commercially available... MORE

Engineering Technician Adrian Wos reviews 3D models of potential Fiber Optic Sensing System (FOSS) housing units to be 3D printed

MARMC SST Advances OSD Grasp of COVID Risk
July 31, 2020 — Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) participated in the Navy-wide Sentinel Surveillance Testing (SST) program July 29, with 50 asymptomatic Sailors and civilian employees volunteering to be tested for COVID-19. The program is part of a larger Office of the Secretary of Defense effort to help provide better insight into potential COVID... MORE

MARMC’s First Ever Navy Diver of the Year
July 1, 2020 — MARMC’s First Ever Navy Diver of the YearBy Chris Wyatt, MARMC Public Affairs Specialist NORFOLK, VA (NSN) – Navy Diver 1st Class Bryan L. Myers assigned to Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s Dive Locker, was selected as the Navy’s 2019 Diver of the Year.The Navy Diver of the Year award was established in 2014 to recognize the Navy diving... MORE

MARMC Divers Lead Churchill Waterborne Hub Replacement
April 15, 2020 — NORFOLK, VA (NSN) – Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) Dive Team successfully completed a rare underwater hub replacement on USS Winston Churchill (DDG 81) on Apr. 8 at Naval Station Norfolk, completing the repair two weeks faster than ever previously performed.Hub replacements are depot-level repairs typically conducted in... MORE

MARMC Production Team Completes USS Bataan Repairs
October 1, 2019 — Norfolk (NNS) – Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) outside machine shop recently completed repairs to USS Bataan’s (LHD 5) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) recovery winch, Aug 29.The recovery winch is used to pull LCAC vehicles into the well deck of amphibious assault ships. Due to the size of the winch, the repair would typically... MORE

MARMC Sailors Join APS
August 21, 2019 — NORFOLK, VA (NSN) - Sailors assigned to Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) joined with a joint small-boat maintenance team and embarked aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) during its Africa Partnership Station (APS) deployment to the Gulf of Guinea in July and August 2019. APS is... MORE

USN Sailors conduct maintenance on a Nigerian navy patrol boat

MARMC Engineers Protecting Against Chemical Attacks
August 21, 2019 — As confrontations with rogue nations start to become a real possibility, chemical weapons start to look like one of the gravest threats to our Sailors and their ships. Thankfully, the Navy, with the help of Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) and ship’s force, have come up with a way to combat worst-case scenarios. The Navy currently... MORE

Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center Holds Change of Command
August 19, 2019 — NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) – Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) held a change of command ceremony at Vista Point Conference Center in Norfolk, Virginia, August 16.Capt. Dan Lannamann turned over command to Capt. Tim Barney.The command is responsible for providing surface ship maintenance, management and oversight of private sector maintenance... MORE