According to HII, the work includes ship alterations, ship change documents, authorized work items, system repairs, operability testing, certification and inspections. Tasks also include drawing and technical manual development, fabrication of material and support for cargo/weapons and personnel elevators, dumbwaiters, magazine-handling systems, aircraft elevators and vertical package conveyors. The work will be conducted on U.S. Navy and Military Sealift Command ships, including LHA- and LHD-class amphibious assault ships, LPD-class amphibious transport docks, LSD-class dock landing ships, T-AOE-class fast combat support ships and T-AKE-class dry cargo/ammunition ships.

“Our key personnel have over 112 years of combined conveyor, cargo/weapons elevator and deck machinery technical, logistics and engineering experience. With the increased operational tempo and current pressures on maintenance and modernization budgets, it is even more critical that NSWCPD can depend on a reliable partner,” James “Rocket” Hamilton, a director of operations for HII’s fleet support group said.