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Thursday, August 28, 2014

US Aircraft Carrier 'Ike' Leaves Drydock

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) has left dry dock and moved from Dry Dock 8 to pier 42/43 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Va. informs USN.

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has been in dry dock since September 2013, conducting a scheduled docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) period. 

"Without the excellent work of the ship's team leaders and zone managers, the ship wouldn't have been ready when it was," said Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy James, Ike's maintenance manager.



James said the ship's force and NNSY personnel worked well together, completing approximately 12,500 jobs prior to flooding the dock.

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