Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) has arrived at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division to start its refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) after years of planning.
As informed, the vessel arrived at the shipyard yesterday (September 30). Truman is the eighth Nimitz-class carrier to undergo this major mid-life availability, representing about a third of all maintenance and modernization completed during its service life that will span over 50 years.
During RCOH on CVN 75, NNS will perform hull and freeboard blast and paint, repairs to its propellers, sea chests, shafts, and rudders and defueling and refueling of its power plant.
“We’ve taken a proactive approach, from ordering long lead-time materials to conducting thousands of inspections and preliminary work, to ensure the RCOH of USS Harry S. Truman is successful,” said Bryan Caccavale, NNS vice president of program management.
“This extensive engineering and construction project to ready the ship to rejoin the fleet is a team effort, across shipbuilders, suppliers and our Navy partners, and we are honored to do our part.”
Built at NNS, CVN 75 was christened in 1996 and delivered to the US Navy in 1998. This overhaul will produce a recapitalized aircraft carrier capable of supporting current and future national strategy objectives, HII concluded.
Credit: HII