‘Minor Incident’ at NASSCO-Norfolk Leads to Maintenance Stand-Down; Part of Larger Safety Push Following Bonhomme Richard Fire

Sailors move power lines to connect shore power to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge returned from an underway after conducting routine training. US Navy photo.

A Norfolk-based ship repair yard will likely resume maintenance work on Tuesday after a welding incident on Friday led the Navy to order them to stop work.

General Dynamics’ NASSCO-Norfolk in Virginia has paused work on the five surface ships it has at its repair yard as part of a safety stand-down.

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https://news.usni.org/2020/07/20/minor-incident-at-nassco-norfolk-leads-to-maintenance-stand-down-part-of-larger-safety-push-following-bonhomme-richard-fire

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