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09 April 2024
by Michael Fabey
Dry dock work has been completed for the mid-life overhaul of aircraft carrier USS
John C Stennis
.
(US Navy)
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division completed the dry dock portion of the refuelling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis (CVN 74), HII confirmed on 8 April during the Navy League Sea-Air-Space 2024 global maritime exposition in National Harbor, Maryland.
NNS flooded the dry dock with 100 million gallons of water to float Stennis and move the carrier to an outfitting berth at the shipyard, where the remainder of the RCOH work and testing will be completed, HII said.
Stennis received “significant upgrades” during the RCOH dry dock phase, part of an “extensive overhaul process, both inside and outside the ship”, HII said.
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