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Carderock Answers Call to Protect Marine Life with Newly-Commissioned Ballast Water Research Laboratory
December 13, 2016
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Commanding Officer Capt. Mark Vandroff (right) and Technical Director Dr. Joseph (Tim) Arcano officially open the Ballast Water Research Lab in West Bethesda, Md., Dec. 5, 2016. This new facility provides the Navy with the capability to research, develop, test and evaluate solutions to eliminate or remove aquatic nuisance species from residual water and sedimentation that remain inside ships’ ballast tanks. The lab can also be used to investigate various ballast water-treatment components and sensors to evaluate their suitability for Navy-specific integration. (U.S. Navy photo by Monica McCoy/Released)
SERMC Adds New Capability
December 12, 2016
Seaman Marcell Rainey flushes the U-bend heat exchanger into a pre-staged hazardous waste disposal drum while descaling a marine heat exchanger at Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC) Nov. 16th. The solution is neutralized with soda ash or baking soda to neutralize the acid.
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard helps remember USS Oklahoma
December 9, 2016
PEARL HARBOR, Hi. (Dec. 7, 2016) Seaman Rachel Johnson listens as former USS Maryland (BB-37) crew member and Pearl Harbor survivor Peter Nichols, share memories during the Dec. 7 USS Oklahoma Memorial Ceremony on Ford Island. Seaman Johnson, assigned to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) was part of a detail which displayed photos tracking the salvage of USS Oklahoma following the attacks of Dec. 7, 1941.
Navy Accepts Delivery of the Future USS John Finn
December 7, 2016
NSWC Corona Division 75th Anniversary Kickoff Event
December 7, 2016
75th Anniversary NSWC Corona Kick Off Event Flyer
Carderock Seaplane Challenge teaches students STEM skills
December 6, 2016
Eric Silberg (left), activity creator and aerospace engineer in Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Sea- Based Aviation and Aeromechanics Branch (Code 882), looks on as Alex Cromwell, a sixth-grader from Baltimore’s Mount Washington School, launches his team’s seaplane during the Seaplane Challenge STEM activity Nov. 28, 2016, in West Bethesda, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Daniel Daglis/Released)
NSWC Dahlgren Division Honors Scientist for Research on ‘Peculiar’ Quantum Mechanical Energy
November 30, 2016
DAHLGREN, Va. – Navy scientists Dr. Dan Parks, left, and Dr. Jeffrey Solka are pictured with a poster explaining weak energy thermodynamics that Parks presented at a November 2016 poster session featuring Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) In-house Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) projects. Solka, the NSWCDD ILIR and Independent Applied Research Program Director, presented Parks with the command’s ILIR Excellence Award for his research over the course of ten years on weak energy and its properties at the event. Potential military applications of weak energy includes new energetics and explosives as well as significant impact to high performance engines and the storage of power for warfighters deployed to dangerous and remote regions.
A Naval Architect Helps Navy Build Better Ships
November 28, 2016
Future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) Completes Acceptance Trials
November 22, 2016
The future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) conducts acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Nov. 17. Acceptance trials are the last significant milestone before delivery of the ship to the Navy, which is planned for later this year.
NSWC Dahlgren Division Welcomes Capt. Weekes, Says Goodbye to Capt. Durant
November 22, 2016
Capt. Godfrey Weekes, left, incoming commanding officer of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), greets Rear Adm. Tom Druggan, right, commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), and Capt. Brian Durant, center, outgoing commanding officer of NSWCDD, during a change of command ceremony Nov. 18 at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren.