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Anderson Assumes Command of SEA 21 and Regional Maintenance Centers
June 3, 2019 — WASHINGTON - Rear Adm. Tom Anderson relieved Rear Adm. Jim Downey as commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and deputy commander, Surface Warfare, Naval Sea Systems Command (SEA 21) during a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard May 31... MORE

Rear Adm. Tom Anderson (left) stands with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Commander Vice Adm. Tom Moore and Rear Adm. Jim Downey during a change of command ceremony May 31 at the Washington Navy Yard. Anderson relieved Downey as commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center and deputy commander, Surface Warfare, NAVSEA.

John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) Reaches Key Milestone
May 29, 2019 — WASHINGTON (NNS) – John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) reached a key milestone on May 29, 2019, when the island house was lowered onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at the Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) division... MORE

Shipyard rolls out first of four mobile cranes
May 16, 2019 — Approximately 25 teammates from PSNS & IMF’s Code 700, Lifting and Handling Department, were on hand at the mobile crane test site on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, along with Capt. Howard Markle, PSNS & IMF commander, to cut the ribbon celebrating the first of four newly purchased mobile crane’s entry into service May 2... MORE

Functions of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s newest mobile crane are demonstrated moments after a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 2

Team innovates battery removal during sub inactivation
May 16, 2019 — As part of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s ongoing focus on completing projects on time or early, a team from PSNS & IMF's Code 740, Rigging and Operations Division; and Shop 51, Battery Shop Team, tried something new during the inactivation process of USS Bremerton (SSN 698)... MORE

Bruce Robertson left, Steven Dent and Senteil Andrews, PSNS & IMF Code 740 riggers, land the battery cell removed from USS Bremerton (SSN 698).

Future USNS John Lewis Keel Authenticated
May 13, 2019 — The keel for the future USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy's first John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, was ceremonially laid at General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Company May 13... MORE

Artist's rendering of the future USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), courtesy General Dynamics - National Steel and Shipbuilding Co.

NAVSEA to hold media availabilities at Sea-Air-Space 2019
May 2, 2019 — WASHINGTON - Key officials from Naval Sea Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices will hold media availabilities in NAVSEA's exhibit booth #1225 during Sea-Air-Space, the Navy League's global maritime exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, May 6-8.RSVPs are not required. The below speaking... MORE

Polar Security Cutter Contract Awarded to Recapitalize Nation’s Arctic Capabilities
April 23, 2019 — WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy, through an Integrated Program Office (IPO), awarded VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, a fixed price incentive (firm) contract for the Detail Design and Construction (DD&C) of the Coast Guard’s lead Polar Security Cutter (PSC)... MORE

AEGIS Virtual Twin Successfully Intercepts First Cruise Missile Target
April 23, 2019 — ATLANTIC OCEAN - Sailors aboard USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), in partnership with Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), successfully executed the first live-fire engagement with the new AEGIS Virtual Twin system, a prototype of the AEGIS Virtual Combat Management System... MORE

The guided missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) fires an SM-2 missile during a live-fire missile exercise off the
coast of Virginia, March 25, 2019. The AEGIS Virtual Twin controlled the missile to successfully intercept an inbound target.

USS Fitzgerald Leaves Dry Dock, Continues Repairs Pierside in Pascagoula
April 17, 2019 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) took another step toward returning to the fleet as a fully ready,combat-capable ship. The ship achieved a milestone in its complex repair and restoration as it successfully launched and moored pier-side at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) - Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard, April 16. ... MORE

The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) took another step toward returning to the fleet as a fully ready, combat-capable ship.

Future USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. Keel Authenticated
April 12, 2019 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The keel for the future USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) was ceremoniously laid during a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, April 12. ... MORE

Shana McCool (left) and Kate Oja, ship sponsors of the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29), speak about their grandfather during the keel authentication ceremony for the ship at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula shipyard April 12.

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