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SWRMC Enables Successful Assessment aboard USS Essex (LHD 2)
April 13, 2017 — Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) worked with USS Essex (LHD 2) to prepare for the ship's Damage Control Material Assessment (DCMA) from Feb. 13 - March 3 and March 20 - 24, and with the assistance of the SWRMC Sailors, USS Essex was able to complete DCMA Feb. 24 and Light-Off Assessment (LOA) March 29 in preparation for sea trials in early May... MORE

151206-N-BD107-285 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 6, 2015) The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) steam alongside off the coast of Hawaii. Essex is the flagship of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU), is currently operating in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Liam Kennedy/Released)

U.S. Navy Partners with U.S. Coast Guard for Service Life Extension Work
April 12, 2017 — WASHINGTON D.C. - The Navy is partnering with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to execute a Service Life Extension Plan (SLEP) on up to five of the Yard Patrol (YP) 676 Class Training Craft... MORE

The Navy is partnering with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to execute a Service Life Extension Plan on up to five of the Yard Patrol (YP) 676 Class Training Craft. The maintenance and modernization work will be performed at the USCG Yard in Baltimore, Maryland and will allow the midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) to continue training onboard these craft. YP 688 is the first craft to arrive for modernization.

Future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) underway for builder's sea trials
April 8, 2017 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is underway for its first set of sea trials, known as Builder's Sea Trials (BST). Builder's sea trials provide an opportunity to test systems, components and compartments at sea for the first time... MORE

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) man the rails as the ship departs Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding for builder's sea trials off the U.S. East Coast. The first-of-class ship-the first new U.S. aircraft carrier design in 40 years-will spend several days conducting builder's sea trials, a comprehensive test of many of the ship's key systems and technologies.

NAVSEA Executive Director Champions the Importance of Small Business
April 7, 2017 — Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Executive Director, Jim Smerchansky, served as the keynote speaker at the Dept. of the Navy's Forum for SBIR/STTR (Small Business Innovative Research / Small Business Technology Transfer) Transition, April 3... MORE

New Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast takes command
March 31, 2017 — OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. – The Navy command in charge of ship construction, repair and modernization efforts at private shipyards in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama changed hands here March 31... MORE

U.S. Navy successfully conducts first AN/SPY-6(V) AMDR Ballistic Missile test
March 30, 2017 — WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Navy successfully conducted a flight test March 15 with the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) off the west coast of Hawaii... MORE

NAVSEA to hold media availabilities at Sea Air Space
March 29, 2017 — WASHINGTON – Key officials from Naval Sea Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices will hold media availabilities in NAVSEA’s exhibit booth during the Navy League’s 2017 Sea Air Space Maritime Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, April 3-5... MORE

USS Montgomery Completes Final Contract Trials
March 22, 2017 — PACIFIC OCEAN - USS Montgomery (LCS 8) completed Final Contract Trials on March 17, marking the completion of the construction and initial operating testing of the Navy’s eighth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)... MORE

USS Montgomery (LCS 8) completed Final Contract Trials on March 17, marking the completion of the construction and initial operating testing of the Navy’s eighth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).

Ex-USS Independence departs Naval Base Kitsap
March 15, 2017 — BREMERTON, Wash. – The ex-USS Independence (CV-62), an aircraft carrier decommissioned Sept. 30, 1998, is planned to embark on its final journey March 10... MORE

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) at sea during the later 1980s or early 1990s.

Navy conducts successful missile test firing
March 7, 2017 — WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy conducted a successful structural test firing of the Surface to Surface Missile Module (SSMM) from Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Detroit (LCS 7) Feb. 28 off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia... MORE

ATLANTIC OCEAN—A Longbow Hellfire Missile is fired from Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) on Feb. 28 as part of a structural test firing of the Surface to Surface Missile Module (SSMM). The test marked the first vertical missile launched from an LCS and the first launch of a missile from the SSMM from an LCS.

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