VIDEO RELEASE--Huntington Ingalls Industries Performs Superlift Unique to Ford Class
January 23 2017 - 2:00PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its
Newport News Shipbuilding division lifted a 704-metric ton unit
into Dry Dock 12, where the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN
79) is taking shape. The superlift is part of an improved build
strategy implemented on the second ship of the Gerald R. Ford (CVN
78) class, resulting in superlifts erected at a higher state of
outfitting completion.
“For Kennedy, increased pre-outfitting puts into practice one of
many lessons learned from Gerald R. Ford,” said Mike Shawcross,
Newport News’ vice president, CVN 79 construction. “This superlift
will erect the first portion of hangar bay.”
A video and photo accompanying this release are available at:
http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/jfk-704-metric-ton-lift.
The unit, which has been under construction since August 2015,
is made up of 22 smaller units and comprises small equipment and
machinery rooms, berthing, and other quality-of-life spaces, such
as the barber shop and post office. It measures about 80 feet long
and 105 feet wide. Like Ford, Kennedy is being built using modular
construction, a process where smaller sections of the ship are
welded together to form large structural units, equipment is
installed, and the large units are lifted into the dry dock using
the shipyard’s 1,050-metric ton gantry crane.
Kennedy is about 25 percent complete. The carrier is on track to
be completed with 445 lifts, which is 51 fewer than Ford and 149
less than USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), the last Nimitz-class
carrier. About 140 lifts have been placed in the dock and joined
together since the ship’s keel was laid in August 2015. Kennedy is
scheduled to be launched in 2020 and deliver to the Navy in 2022,
when it will replace USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to
partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s
Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and
Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any
other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division
provides a wide range of professional services through its Fleet
Support, Integrated Missions Solutions, Nuclear and Environmental,
and Oil and Gas groups. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia,
HII employs nearly 37,000 people operating both domestically and
internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
Contact:
Christie Miller
Christine.miller@hii-co.com
(757) 380-3581
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