BAE Systems to perform extended work aboard USS Ross
August 24 2022 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
BAE Systems has received a $107.7 million contract from the U.S.
Navy to modernize the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71).
Under this extended dry-docking selected restricted availability
(EDSRA) contract, the company will perform the modernization work
at its Norfolk, Virginia shipyard. The contract includes options
that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $123.8
million.
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BAE Systems has received a $107.7 million
contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile
destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71). (Credit: BAE Systems)
During the EDSRA, BAE Systems will dry-dock USS Ross to perform
maintenance on the underwater hull, repair the ship’s main
propulsion system, preserve internal ballast and fuel tanks and
external superstructure, and rehabilitate crew berthing and dining
compartments. The modernization project is scheduled to take more
than 500 days and be completed in April 2024. Once complete, the
ship will be capable of serving in the fleet for another 10 years.
The 16-year old ship recently completed a seven-year operational
period in Rota, Spain as a forward-deployed U.S. Navy
combatant.
“This is an important job for our employees, subcontractors, and
the Navy to accomplish,” said Mike Bruneau, vice president and
general manager of BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair. “We look
forward to meeting the long-term maintenance goals for USS Ross to
sustain the future capability and readiness of the ship.”
The USS Ross was commissioned in June 1997. The ship is named
after the first Medal of Honor recipient of World War II, Donald K.
Ross. While serving aboard the battleship USS Nevada (BB 36) during
the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Ross valiantly
helped the badly-damaged ship get underway during the attack. USS
Ross is part of the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers.
BAE Systems is a leading provider of ship repair, maintenance,
modernization, conversion, and overhaul services for the Navy,
other government agencies, and select commercial customers. The
company operates three full-service shipyards in California,
Florida, and Virginia, and offers a highly-skilled, experienced
workforce and talented program managers, seven dry-docks and
railways, and significant pier space and ship support services. The
company’s Norfolk shipyard has over 1,100 employees, and works with
the Navy and several subcontractor companies to accomplish its ship
sustainment work.
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