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In my earlier postings, I talked about the routes for ships in the Arctic. Today there are more news on that:
I won't be surprised if those models are wrong and the pace of meltown is even faster!
I won't be surprised if those models are wrong and the pace of meltown is even faster!
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USS George Washington (CVN-73) re-fit ahead of schedule
CVN-73 re-fit is ahead of schedule. The Washington is scheduled to relieve Kitty Hawk in Japan sometime in 2008. I believe the spring is the target.
GW's Planned Incremental Availability Plus Docking Ahead of Schedule
Story Number: NNS061213-02
Release Date: 12/13/2006 12:58:00 PM
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dave Reynolds, USS George Washington Public Affairs
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (NNS) -- December marks the third month of USS George Washington's (CVN 73) (GW) Planned Incremental Availability plus Docking (PIA+D) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY).
PIA+D coordinators are pleased with the progress that contractors, shipyard workers, and ship’s crew are making.
Lt. Cmdr. Bill Pollitz, GW’s maintenance manager and overall availability coordinator, said that since PIA+D began, team GW has completed ahead of schedule nine of the 18 milestones passed so far. The other nine have been completed on time.
Ninety-five additional milestones and key events are scheduled for the availability period.
“This is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and most importantly, teamwork, by team George Washington,” said Rear Adm. Garry R. White, GW’s commanding officer. “And that team includes not just our Sailors, but all of the shipyard workers and contractors who have made this such a successful availability to date.”
He added that he and his team are determined to continue that success through the completion of this yard period.
“We’re getting further ahead every day,” said Pollitz. “When you come in ahead of schedule, you come in on or under budget. That’s a rule.”
Last month, NNSY workers set a precedent by removing the ship’s main mast in one piece, saving both time and money. Pollitz said masts are usually removed in three sections.
The evolution, completed almost three weeks ahead of schedule, paves the way for the installation of Capstone, an electronic suite for combat systems and operations.
“By meeting this milestone three weeks ahead of schedule, we have been able to make the preparations for the new mast installation ahead of schedule as well,” said Lt. Cmdr. Ralph Roe, GW’s combat systems maintenance officer and capstone coordinator.
Communication and planning were the keys to successful removal of the main mast, added Roe.
“Everything from the initial planning and calculations by the engineers to the actual rigging and lifting the 100,000 pound mast using the contracted commercial crane was orchestrated with precision,” said Roe.
The new mast is expected to be installed in January, and then populated with antennae and cabling. The larger, more stable mast will provide GW with improved war-fighting capabilities.
But the main mast replacement is only one of the upgrades in progress aboard GW. The ship’s four propellers have been removed two weeks ahead of schedule, said Pollitz, and will soon be replaced by four state-of-the-art propellers.
Contractors from Earl Industries are blasting sections of the hull down to bare metal, and repainting the areas not painted during GW’s last availability period.
GW’s crew is getting involved as well, with more than 200 Sailors working to improve quality of life by refurbishing 273 staterooms, comprising 746 racks, and 14 berthing areas, comprising 561 racks. Pollitz said the habitability team remains ahead of schedule.
GW is undergoing the $300 million availability in preparation to relieve USS Kitty Hawk (CVN 63) as America’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier.
“We look forward to an on-time delivery in excellent material condition,” said Pollitz.
CVN-73 re-fit is ahead of schedule. The Washington is scheduled to relieve Kitty Hawk in Japan sometime in 2008. I believe the spring is the target.
GW's Planned Incremental Availability Plus Docking Ahead of Schedule
Story Number: NNS061213-02
Release Date: 12/13/2006 12:58:00 PM
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dave Reynolds, USS George Washington Public Affairs
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (NNS) -- December marks the third month of USS George Washington's (CVN 73) (GW) Planned Incremental Availability plus Docking (PIA+D) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY).
PIA+D coordinators are pleased with the progress that contractors, shipyard workers, and ship’s crew are making.
Lt. Cmdr. Bill Pollitz, GW’s maintenance manager and overall availability coordinator, said that since PIA+D began, team GW has completed ahead of schedule nine of the 18 milestones passed so far. The other nine have been completed on time.
Ninety-five additional milestones and key events are scheduled for the availability period.
“This is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and most importantly, teamwork, by team George Washington,” said Rear Adm. Garry R. White, GW’s commanding officer. “And that team includes not just our Sailors, but all of the shipyard workers and contractors who have made this such a successful availability to date.”
He added that he and his team are determined to continue that success through the completion of this yard period.
“We’re getting further ahead every day,” said Pollitz. “When you come in ahead of schedule, you come in on or under budget. That’s a rule.”
Last month, NNSY workers set a precedent by removing the ship’s main mast in one piece, saving both time and money. Pollitz said masts are usually removed in three sections.
The evolution, completed almost three weeks ahead of schedule, paves the way for the installation of Capstone, an electronic suite for combat systems and operations.
“By meeting this milestone three weeks ahead of schedule, we have been able to make the preparations for the new mast installation ahead of schedule as well,” said Lt. Cmdr. Ralph Roe, GW’s combat systems maintenance officer and capstone coordinator.
Communication and planning were the keys to successful removal of the main mast, added Roe.
“Everything from the initial planning and calculations by the engineers to the actual rigging and lifting the 100,000 pound mast using the contracted commercial crane was orchestrated with precision,” said Roe.
The new mast is expected to be installed in January, and then populated with antennae and cabling. The larger, more stable mast will provide GW with improved war-fighting capabilities.
But the main mast replacement is only one of the upgrades in progress aboard GW. The ship’s four propellers have been removed two weeks ahead of schedule, said Pollitz, and will soon be replaced by four state-of-the-art propellers.
Contractors from Earl Industries are blasting sections of the hull down to bare metal, and repainting the areas not painted during GW’s last availability period.
GW’s crew is getting involved as well, with more than 200 Sailors working to improve quality of life by refurbishing 273 staterooms, comprising 746 racks, and 14 berthing areas, comprising 561 racks. Pollitz said the habitability team remains ahead of schedule.
GW is undergoing the $300 million availability in preparation to relieve USS Kitty Hawk (CVN 63) as America’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier.
“We look forward to an on-time delivery in excellent material condition,” said Pollitz.
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You mean the island..I duuno. I do know it has something to do with the operatioanl ablity of aircraft. And not all CV's had a starboard side island. Some IJN(Imperial Japanese Navy) CV's in WWII had port(left) side islands as an expermint. I do not know why. Maybe Jeff or Obi Wan knows.
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IIRC it is tradition from good old days of propeller driven fighters. Thanks to propeller momentum fighters were going left while landing so island was put on the right side...
Ps. sorry but my English lacks correct terms to describe that properly but I hope you got the idea
IIRC it is tradition from good old days of propeller driven fighters. Thanks to propeller momentum fighters were going left while landing so island was put on the right side...
Ps. sorry but my English lacks correct terms to describe that properly but I hope you got the idea
Thanks for that isthvan, I understand what you want to say. So it started with a necessity and then was kept because it has ever been that way
Most pilots are right handed and if they have to abort a landing (wave off / go around) they tend to veer to port (left). During the 1930s the IJN experimented with operating pairs of carriers, one with a starboard island (Kaga and Soryu) and one with a portside island (Akagi, and Hiryu) intending that the ships sail side by side with their islands near to each other to permit clear communications (signal lamps and flags, radio silence of course) while their respective air groups orbitted in opposite handed patterns to prevent interference. The ships with the portside islands suffered a much higher landing accident rate and the experiment was soon abandoned, but there was no time to refit the ships with starboard islands as war was immenent.
The original plans for HMS Eagle and Hermes (c 1919) included two islands (one port one starboard) with a platform connecting them in a 'goalpost' configuration, but model tests lead to the single island finding favour.
The original plans for HMS Eagle and Hermes (c 1919) included two islands (one port one starboard) with a platform connecting them in a 'goalpost' configuration, but model tests lead to the single island finding favour.
Obi Wan glad to see you are posting agin! And thanks for that short history lesson on the island.
Along the same line of discussion..back in '74 when I was onboard the USS Hancock (CVA-19) during indocrination class we were shown pictures of aircraft being "deck launched" off the aft end of the flight deck. I guess this was some sort of experimet by the USN.
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On to a diffirent subject..The USN has 12 carriers in commision. But one of these ships, CV-67, is operating in a reduced status(no flight operations) because it's ablity to operate aircraft is deminished because negelected re-fit by the USN. This is shameful. The USN has long wanted to de-comission the ship but the US congress has refused. The USN then kept cancelling major re-fits. Now with the approval of the 2007 US DoD budget the JFK will be removed from service. The USN is planning to send the JFK to Boston MA for one last hurrah in March 2007.
The exact date of de-comissioning has not been established. The JFK was offered to NATO & the US Department of Homeland Security but it was refused by both agencies.......
Along the same line of discussion..back in '74 when I was onboard the USS Hancock (CVA-19) during indocrination class we were shown pictures of aircraft being "deck launched" off the aft end of the flight deck. I guess this was some sort of experimet by the USN.
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On to a diffirent subject..The USN has 12 carriers in commision. But one of these ships, CV-67, is operating in a reduced status(no flight operations) because it's ablity to operate aircraft is deminished because negelected re-fit by the USN. This is shameful.
The USN has long wanted to de-comission the ship but the US congress has refused. The USN then kept cancelling major re-fits. Now with the approval of the 2007 US DoD budget the JFK will be removed from service. The USN is planning to send the JFK to Boston MA for one last hurrah in March 2007. The exact date of de-comissioning has not been established. The JFK was offered to NATO & the US Department of Homeland Security but it was refused by both agencies.......
I'm curious about the JFK being offered to NATO, in what capacity? As a target ship? For transfer to one of the member nations navies? For use as a floating command ship? By all accounts refitting her for further service would be astronomically expensive for a limited return on the investment compared to building a new vessel (eg a CVF). Likewise, just what would the Department of Homeland Security want with a non operational aircraft carrier (or even an operational one for that matter)? I wasn't aware the DHS had a fleet of naval aircraft in need of deployment overseas...
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