Puget Sound Shipyard Welcomes Carl Vinson for Post-Deployment Maintenance
Story Number: NNS020311-05
Release Date: 3/11/2002 7:00:00 PM
By Mary Anne Mascianica, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Public Affairs
PUGET SOUND, Wash. (NNS) -- After an intense western Pacific deployment that included more than 4,200 combat missions and 111 days in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) headed for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) for its planned six-month maintenance period.
Carl Vinson arrived at the shipyard March 7 to begin what will be the largest planned incremental availability ever accomplished.
The work package includes installation of new high-pressure air compressors, a new oily waste separator pollution-control system, flight deck alterations to support the new F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter, along with many other system improvements and maintenance. Approximately 190,000 man-days are scheduled for the project.
PSNS will team with Carl Vinson Sailors and Supervisor of Shipbuilding Puget Sound and their contractors to coordinate and execute this extremely complex project. According to Capt. Greg Bryant, PSNS commanding officer, the team is energized and ready to go.
"I am very proud of the work that we, alongside the crew, accomplished on Vinson that prepared the ship for its last deployment," Bryant said. "The ship was ready when that deployment turned into war. A piece of us, of who we are, of what we do, supported the battle against terrorism; we made a difference and that makes us proud.
"We will perform this availability with pride and professionalism, knowing that lives depend on how we do our job," Bryant added.
