Search This Blog

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

USS Albany headed to Newport News shipyard for $25M repair project

Los Angeles classAfter spending more than two decades away from home, the USS Albany submarine will return to its birthplace next month when it is scheduled to arrive to the Newport News shipyard for a four-month maintenance project.

The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman Corp. late last week signed a $25 million, fixed-price contract to spiff up the 21-year-old Los Angeles class submarine, according to the Navy.

The project, called a drydock continuous maintenance availability, includes maintenance, repair, alterations, testing and other routine upkeep of the 360-foot Albany.

Read more
om

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.