BAE Programs has obtained a $90.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the upkeep and modernization of the amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22). Underneath the docking chosen restricted availability (DSRA) contract awarded, BAE Programs will dry-dock the 684-foot-long ship, carry out work on the underwater hull, restore its system of ballast tanks, protect its amphibious effectively deck space, and refurbish the residing areas for as many as 800 sailors and Marines that may be carried aboard.

“The upcoming USS San Diego mission is a significant occasion within the service lifetime of the ship, increasing its functionality to execute a variety of naval missions for a few years to come back,” stated David M. Thomas Jr., vice chairman and common supervisor of BAE Programs San Diego Ship Restore. “Our crew of workers, subcontractors and Navy personnel sit up for ushering USS San Diego into its subsequent part of fleet readiness. We additionally acknowledge the distinctive and particular alternative to work aboard a ship named for our hometown.”

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Amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) returns to homeport of Naval Base San Diego. San Diego, part of the Makin Island Amphibious Prepared Group returned to Naval Base San Diego Could 23 after a deployment to U.S. third, fifth, sixth and seventh Fleets the place they served as a crisis-response power for combatant commanders within the Africa, Central and Indo-Pacific Instructions. (U.S. Navy picture by Mass Communication Specialist third Class Matthew F. Jackson)

USS San Diego is the sixth ship of the San Antonio class and was commissioned in Could 2012. The ship is the fourth U.S. Navy vessel named after the southern California metropolis. Town is the house of Naval Base San Diego, the Navy’s largest base within the Pacific, and Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, america Marine Corps’ west coast recruit coaching heart. San Diego’s keel was laid down on 23 Could 2007, at Northrop Grumman’s Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on 7 Could 2010, and christened on 12 June, sponsored by Linda Winter, spouse of former Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter.

The worth of the competitively awarded contract may attain $104.8 million if all choices are exercised. The work is predicted to start in September 2021 on the firm’s San Diego shipyard and take greater than a 12 months to finish. BAE Programs is a number one supplier of ship restore, upkeep, modernization, conversion, and overhaul providers for the Navy, different authorities businesses, and choose industrial clients. The corporate’s San Diego shipyard has roughly 1,100 workers and works with the Navy and a number of other subcontractor firms to perform its ship sustainment work.