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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Vinson Preps for Leaving Dry Dock

Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.usUSS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is scheduled to leave dry dock in May for a pierside location after spending nearly two years in Dry Dock 11 at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard.

Lt. Cmdr. Chris Majors, Carl Vinson damage control assistant said placing 90,000 tons of metal in water and expecting it to float is no small feat, but the crew of Carl Vinson is teaming up with Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard employees to ensure proper preparations are made for the ship's transition to a pierside location.

“Getting water on the hull again is going to take a lot of preparation and hard work from our crew,” said Majors.

Much of that hard work and expertise by the ship's force will come from the Sailors of Carl Vinson's engineering department.

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