General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary will perform post-delivery repair and modernization work on the USNS Lewis B. Puller expeditionary mobile base under a potential $38.3 million contract awarded by the U.S. Navy. The military branch received two offers for the contract through an online solicitation and obligated $34.5 million in funds at the time of award, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD […] More

Rolls-Royce has received a contract to build power and propulsion equipment for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of replenishment oiler ships. The company said Monday the contract covers work on two Kamewa 150A controllable pitch propellers and two Bergen B32:40xL8A generator sets for the first John Lewis-class ship with options for five more. Don Roussinos, president of Rolls-Royce’s naval division, said […] More

A General Dynamics subsidiary has won a potential one-year, $21 million contract to provide maintenance, modification and repair services for the U.S. Navy’s USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) as part of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer’s fiscal 2017 restricted dry-docking availability. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the firm-fixed-price contract to General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk through a competitive procurement process […] More

General Dynamics subsidiary NASSCO has held a keel-authentication ceremony for the U.S. Navy‘s second Expeditionary Sea Base vessel that will be called USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams. The ship will work as a multimission platform that supports air mine countermeasures, counter-piracy and maritime security operations as well as humanitarian missions, General Dynamics said Wednesday. USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams is designed to hold at […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $23 million cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to General Dynamics‘ NASSCO-Norfolk business unit for support services during a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier’s fiscal 2016 planned incremental availability. General Dynamics said Tuesday it will perform depot-level maintenance, modifications and ship repairs to update the USS Harry S. Truman‘s military and technical capacity. The company noted it […] More

The U.S. Navy has selected a subsidiary of EnPro Indutries‘ to deliver main propulsion diesel engines for the USNS John Lewis replenishment oiler ship. EnPro’s Fairbanks Morse subsidiary said Monday it will build two FM-MAN 12V 48/60 CR engines in its Beloit, Wisconsin facility and provide propulsion control systems, auxiliary equipment and commissioning services under the Navy order. Fairbanks Morse will design the engines […] More

A General Dynamics business unit has delivered the second LNG-conversion-ready tanker to American Petroleum Tankers on Thursday as part of a contract to build five such tankers for the petroleum transportation company. General Dynamics said Friday its NASSCO subsidiary built the Magnolia State tanker using a design by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering subsidiary DSEC. The 610-foot-long product carrier, which is the fifth ship that […] More

TOTE Maritime has received a second liquefied natural gas-powered vessel from General Dynamics to support the operator’s cargo transportation operations. General Dynamics said Friday its NASSCO subsidiary delivered the Perla Del Caribe containership under a two-vessel contract that TOTE awarded to NASSCO in December 2012. TOTE accepted its first LNG-fueled cargo ship Isla Bella in October last year and uses the vessel […] More

General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary has handed the first of five ECO Class tankers over to American Petroleum Tankers as part of an effort to comply with Jones Act requirements. The 610-foot-long, Lone Star State LNG-conversion-ready tanker has a 330,000 barrel cargo capacity and features a ballast water treatment system, General Dynamics said Friday. “The Lone Star […] More

General Dynamics has unveiled the first ECO tanker for American Petroleum Tankers during a christening ceremony at a shipyard in San Diego. The 50,000-deadweight ton Lone Star State tanker is under construction and will feature a ballast water treatment system, General Dynamics said Monday. “Incorporating new and innovative green ship technology, these tankers are the […] More

General Dynamics NASSCO has kicked off construction of the second ECO tanker for American Petroleum Tankers at the company’s San Diego, California-based shipyard. Toni Atkins, speaker for the California State Assembly, hosted the keel-laying ceremony for the Magnolia State tanker and marked her initials onto a steel plate of the keel, General Dynamics said Monday. […] More

A General Dynamics subsidiary has turned over the USNS Lewis B. Puller afloat forward staging base vessel to the U.S. Navy. The military branch accepted the AFSB ship from General Dynamics NASSCO Friday, General Dynamics said Monday. The company said modifications to the AFSB, which is named after Lt. Gen. Lewis “Chesty” Puller of the U.S. Marine […] More