Alabama Shipyard reports that the USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) arrived at its Mobile, Ala,, shipyard on Thursday, Jan 9. The vessel is at the yard for its post-shakedown availability (PSA) and will undergo essential maintenance and repairs to ensure its continued operational excellence.
The PSA is a significant phase in a ship’s lifecycle, typically conducted approximately one year after delivery. It is designed to address any issues or enhancements identified during the vessel’s initial...
The U.S. Navy has launched a groundbreaking public-private partnership to strengthen American maritime dominance and national security. The initiative aims to enhance the Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) and support the…
In a move that sees the Navy partnering with private equity and private industry, the Alabama Shipyard site in Mobile, Ala., has been acquired by the United Submarine Alliance (USA) Qualified Opportunity Fund (the USA Fund) and renamed the Mobile Naval Yard.
The USA Fund has been launched by private equity firm CapZone Impact Investments, which today said that the fund will “serve as a platform between the U.S. Navy, investors, suppliers, contractors and local leaders to harness the power of the...
Alabama Shipyard, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded an $11,466,912 firm-fixed-price contract to dry dock and repair the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers trailing suction hopper dredge Wheeler.
Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Mobile, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of December 6, 2024. The New Orleans Engineer District is the contracting activity.
Features of Alabama Shipyard’s 355-acre facility include 8,000 linear feet of available pier...
USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196), one of the Military Sealift Command fleet oilers that has been deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in the Red Sea, is headed for Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Ala., for some TLC. The shipyard has been awarded an $11,339,193 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220524C4220) for a 106-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of the Kanawha.
USNS Kanawha is the tenth ship in the Henry J. Kaiser-class of fleet oilers. Laid down by Avondale...
Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded an $8,698,054 firm-fixed-price contract for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203).
Delivered by Avondale Shipyards in 1996, the USNS Laramie is the seventeenth ship in the Henry J. Kaiser class, and one of only three to be built with a double bottom to meet the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
The contract...
Alabama Shipyard, LLC has appointed Greg Wagner as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Wagner is joining the Alabama Shipyard team from the position of CEO at Navarro Capital Partners LLC., an oil and gas industry marine and subsea construction support services provider.
Wagner is a graduate of SUNY Maritime College and has held management and executive positions in marine operations, business development, and project and asset management. Over the course of his career, he has successfully led...
https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/wagner-named-alabama-shipyard-ceo/
Mobile. Ala., based Alabama Shipyard, LLC has appointed Greg Wagner as its new chief executive officer. He joins the shipyard team from Navarro Capital Partners LLC., an oil and gas industry marine and subsea construction support services provider, where he was CEO.
Wagner is a graduate of SUNY Maritime College and has held various management and executive positions in marine operations, business development, and project and asset management. Over the course of his career he has successfully led...
https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/alabama-shipyard-appoints-new-ceo/
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command has awarded Alabama Shipyard, Mobile, Ala., a $25,964,083 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220522C4031) for a 150-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the Military Sealift Command’s hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20).
The contract includes a base period and 11 options that if exercised, would bring its cumulative value of this contract to $28,535,957.
Work will be performed in Mobile beginning March 1, 2022, and is...
Alabama Shipyard has been awarded a $23.7 million, firm-fixed-price contract for a 96-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the 754.6’x107′ fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6). Work will be performed in Mobile, Ala., and is expected to be complete by November 2020.
The ship is the lead ship of the Supply-class fast combat support ships. Supply was commissioned in 1994 and decommissioned in 2001, after which the vessel was transferred for service...