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USS Tripoli Conducts Final Contract Trials
August 30, 2021 — WASHINGTON – USS Tripoli (LHA 7), the U.S. Navy’s second America-class amphibious assault ship completed final contract trials (FCT), Aug. 26.FCT are a component of a ship’s post-delivery test period and mark the final in-depth review of the ship, the crew, and its systems. Trials were conducted by the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey over a... MORE

Ship to Shore Connector Capabilities Highlighted on Discovery’s Impossible Engineering
August 27, 2021 — The latest episode of Impossible Engineering goes behind the scenes to showcase the U.S. Navy’s Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) and the hovercraft history that led to this next generation landing craft.Filmed on location at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and Textron Systems, Slidell, Louisiana the episode highlights how... MORE

Future Frank E. Petersen Jr. Completes Builder’s Trials
August 27, 2021 — The future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121), the Navy’s 71st Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, completed Builder’s sea trials, Aug. 26. The trials were conducted by the shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division.Builder’s trials consist of a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations that allow the shipbuilder... MORE

Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) navigates in the Gulf of Mexico during bravo trials.

NAMTS Expands Sailor Self Sufficiency with Acquisition of Diesel Engine Mockup
August 25, 2021 — Aug. 11, 2021, NORFOLK, Va. – For years, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) Diesel Shop had been interested in implementing the Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) Diesel Engine, Governor and Injector Repair Technician Job Qualification Requirement (JQR). While hands-on work accomplishment is the driving force... MORE

EN1(SW) Dallon Horman inspects three Detroit 12V71 diesel engines stored in a container at ACU2, still wrapped in cellophane from US Army base Fort Eustis. Used as diesel repair trainers for the US Army, the engines came complete with a steel frame engine stand, blowers, transmission, and expansion tanks.

U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Influence Sweep System Completes Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
August 23, 2021 — WASHINGTON — The Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) has completed the ship-based Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) program onboard the littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Manchester (LCS 14) off of the California coast.The ship-based IOT&E, conducted in May... MORE

USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Completes Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT)
August 18, 2021 — PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 18, 2021) – Sailors aboard amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) completed the ship’s first-ever Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) earlier this month.CSSQT is a major milestone where teams demonstrate the ship’s weapons systems’ ability to effectively communicate and destroy incoming threats in an operational... MORE

$1.7-billion drydock project awarded to improve Portsmouth Naval Shipyard capacity
August 13, 2021 — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded a $1.7-billion construction project Aug. 13. This effort will expand and reconfigure a dry dock complex at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery, Maine, to increase the shipyard's capacity to maintain, modernize, and repair the Navy's attack submarines and return them to the fleet... MORE

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME: Jun 22, 2021: USS Virginia (SSN 774) successfully exits dry dock at the shipyard. Virginia is at the shipyard for a scheduled maintenance period.

Gerald R. Ford conducts final explosive event, completing Full Ship Shock Trials
August 8, 2021 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully conducted a third explosive event off the coast of Jacksonville, FL, on 8 Aug., marking the completion of the ship’s Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST). Shock Trials validate a ship’s shock hardness and ability to sustain operations in a simulated combat environment using live ordnance. ... MORE

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completes the third and final scheduled explosive event for Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 8, 2021.

SRF-JRMC Det. Sasebo completes third consecutive docking selected restricted availability early or on time
August 5, 2021 — SASEBO, Japan – Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC) Detachment Sasebo recently completed Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, USS Pioneer’s (MCM 9) seven-month-long docking selected restricted availability (DSRA) three days early, July 13, 2021. This marks the completion of the third consecutive mine... MORE

USS Chief (MCM 14), USS Warrior (MCM 10) and USS Pioneer (MCM 9) in Sasebo's dry dock prior to undocking during their respective availabilities.

NAVSEA to hold media availabilities at Sea-Air-Space 2021
July 30, 2021 — WASHINGTON - Key officials from Naval Sea Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices will hold media availabilities in NAVSEA's exhibit booth #1844 during Sea-Air-Space, the Navy League's global maritime exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Aug. 2-4.RSVPs are not required. The below speaking... MORE

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