NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII ) Newport News Shipbuilding division has begun scheduled overhaul work on the nuclear-powered submarine USS Boise (SSN 764).
The Los Angeles -class submarine arrived at Newport News on Monday and will undergo planned maintenance and repair activities pierside before it will be moved to a dry dock in January 2019. The extended engineering overhaul, which includes system upgrades, will take 25 months and is expected to be completed in 2021.
“Submarine fleet support work represents a significant increase in our workload and provides a critical balance for public and private shipyards,” said Bill Smith, Newport News’ vice president of fleet support programs. “We have been preparing for Boise ’s availability and looking forward to returning the submarine back to the fleet.”
Newport News laid USS Boise ’s keel in August 1988, and the submarine was delivered to the U.S. Navy in September 1992.
A photo accompanying this release is available at: http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file?fi...4fa318fd44 .
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 & Environmental, and Oil & Gas groups. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII employs nearly 39,000 people operating both domestically and internationally. For more information, visit:
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