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Greene Assumes Command of SEA 21 and Regional Maintenance Centers
August 23, 2023 — WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Rear Adm. William Greene relieved Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage as Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and Director, Surface Ship Maintenance, Modernization and Sustainment, Naval Sea Systems Command (SEA 21) during a ceremony held Aug. 23 at the Washington Navy Yard.Ver Hage took on the dual roles at CNRMC and SEA... MORE

Rear Adm. William Greene relieved (R) Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage, as Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and Director, Surface Maintenance, Modernization and Sustainment (SEA 21) during a ceremony held at the Washington Navy Yard. Vice Admiral Bill Galinis, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) hosted the ceremony.

Construction Begins on Future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr.
August 11, 2023 — SAN DIEGO – Construction started on the sixth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), the future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD NASSCO), Aug. 8.The ESB ship class is highly flexible and used across a broad range of military operations supporting multiple operational phases, similar to the... MORE

Chariza “Chacha” Solis, a long-time NASSCO employee and the Start of Construction honoree for the future USNS Hector A. Cafferata, initiated the first cut of steel that will be used to construct the vessel.

Keel Authenticated for Future USNS Lucy Stone
August 8, 2023 — SAN DIEGO – The keel for the future USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), the Navy’s 5th John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company’s (GD NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego, August 8.A keel laying is the recognition of the start of a ship’s construction. It is the union of a ship’s modular... MORE

The keel for the future USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), the Navy’s 5th John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company’s (GD NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego, August 8. Program Executive Officer Ships, RADM Tom Anderson, ship sponsors, Alicia Aadensen and Debbie Simmons and General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company artisans, Fausto Cruz and Jesus Quevado, who welded the sponsor initials into the keel plate, were part of the ceremony.

Navy Awards DDG 51 FY23-27 Multiyear Procurement Contracts
August 1, 2023 — WASHINGTON – The Navy awarded contracts to Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding Division (HII Ingalls) and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (GD BIW) for the fiscal years (FY) 2023 - 2027 multiyear procurement (MYP) of DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers, August 1.“Arleigh Burke class destroyers are the backbone of the surface fleet... MORE

The future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) completed acceptance trials, May 18. DDG 125 is the first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer built in the Flight III configuration.

LCACs 105-107 Receive Lift of Opportunity Aboard USS Gunston Hall
July 17, 2023 — Washington Navy Yard – Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushions (LCAC) 105-107 received a lift of opportunity (LOO) aboard USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), on July 14.LCACs 105-107 have been at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division for post-delivery test and trials following their delivery to the Navy by Textron Systems.The... MORE

Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushions (LCAC) 105-107 received a lift of opportunity (LOO) aboard USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), on July 14.

Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206)
July 11, 2023 — The Navy accepted delivery of fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), from shipbuilder General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) on July 11.The delivery of T-AO 206 follows the successful completion of acceptance trials with the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey to test the readiness and capability of the... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion 107
June 28, 2023 — New Orleans, Louisiana - The Navy accepted delivery of the next-generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 107, on Jun. 28.The delivery of LCAC 107 comes after completion of Acceptance Trials conducted by the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey, which tested the readiness and capability of the craft... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Jack H. Lucas
June 27, 2023 — Pascagoula, Miss. – The Navy accepted delivery of the future guided missile destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), the Navy’s first Flight III destroyer from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division on June 27.Accepting delivery of DDG 125 represents the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy. Prior... MORE

Jack H. Lucas (DDG125) Ingalls, Mississippi on 12 December 2022 for three days of sea trials before returning to port on 15 December 2022.

Keel Authenticated for the Future USNS Point Loma
June 27, 2023 — Mobile, AL – The keel for the future USNS Point Loma, Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship (EPF 15), the second of the Spearhead-class EPF Flight II configuration, was laid at Austal USA, June 27.The keel-laying ceremony represents the joining together of a ship’s major modular components on land, and is a significant milestone in ship production. The... MORE

Mrs. Elizabeth Asher, Point Loma (EPF 15) sponsor, welds her
initials onto the keel plate as the honorary keel authenticator at the EPF 15 keel laying ceremony on June 27, 2023. She was assisted by Mr. Perry Sullivan, an Austal USA A-Class welder.

Keel Authenticated for Future USS Pittsburgh
June 2, 2023 — Pascagoula, MS – The keel for the future USS Pittsburgh (LPD 31), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, was ceremonially laid at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division, June 2.The ship is the fifth Navy vessel to be named for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and its surrounding region, which play a central role in... MORE

Keel Authentication ceremony of LPD 31 Pittsburgh, held at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Pictured is Kari Wilkinson; president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, Rear Admiral Thomas J. Anderson, and ship sponsor Nancy Urban.

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