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ASNE 1993 Fleet Maintenance Symposium

The 1993 Fleet Maintenance

Symposium, jointly sponsored by the Commander in Chief, the U.S.

Pacific Fleet and the American So- ciety of Naval Engineers (ASNE), is scheduled for October 19-21, 1993 at the Town & Country Hotel and

Convention Center in San Diego.

The seminar will focus on fleet maintenance strategies supporting "From the Sea." The U.S. Navy has engineered a new strategy, called littoral strategy, which concentrates on how to structure fighting forces around the sea. Capt. Thomas

Kelley, USN, will give the welcome and administrative remarks at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 19, to be followed by the kickoff by Adm.

Robert J. Kelly, USN. For more information, contact ASNE: 1452

Duke Street, Alexandria, Va. 22314- 3458. Tel: (703) 836-6727.

Schedule of Events:

Tuesday, October 19: 8:00 a.m.

Welcome and administrative re- marks, Capt. Thomas Kelley, USN 8:15 a.m.

Kickoff, Adm. R. J. Kelly, USN 9:00 a.m.

Session 1A - AEGIS Engineer- ing/Support: - AEGIS Maintenance Philosophy -

Engineered Approach to Mainte- nance. D. Herman, GE - Downsizing the Availability Plan- ning Process - A Break with Tradi- tion. G. Sturtevant, PMS 400; J.

Bianco/R. Davies, PRC - AEGIS Maintenance Monitoring.

D. Collins, NSWC Carderock; P.

Steward, PRC - AEGIS Maintenance 2000. R.

Benavidez, GE

Session IB - Maintenance Strat- egies: - Incremental Maintenance for USS

Nimitz Class Aircraft Carriers.

Capt. J.T. Mansvel, PMS 312; J.

Knight, PERA (CV) - Modularity and Standardization

Impacts on Warship Maintenance.

Cdr. M. Bosworth, SEA 05R - The Maintenance Requirements

System Risk-based Resource Pro- gramming at Work. K. Jacobs,

SEA 915; G. Soderstrom, AMS - Shipboard Maintenance: A "Re- tooling" Process. A. Cieri and A.

DiGiovanni 11:30 a.m.

Lunch. Keynote Speaker, The

Honorable John Dalton, Secretary of the Navy 1:30 p.m.

Session 1C - AEGIS Engineering

Support: - AEGIS Weapon System, R, M & A

Program. R. MacBride, GE - Maintainability Planning - AE-

GIS Engineering Development

Model 4B. J. Sessommas, GE - AEGIS Weapon System - Opera- tional Readiness Test System (ORTS)

Upgrade Program. J. Barger, GE - Acquisition Engineering for AWS

Microwave Tubes - Tube Improve- ment Program. W. Kaiser, NSWC

Crane Division

Session ID - Maintenance Man- agement: - Navy Vendor Motivation Program.

Capt. R. Couchot, USNR, NAVSEA

VPM Det 319 - Intermediate Maintenance Activi- ties Interoperability. J.E. Beebe - The Power of Tags and Tagout (Will Anyone Listen?). Cdr. B.

Martinez - (Potential pitch by Capt. Wheeler on "X-MRMS")

Wednesday, October 20: 8:00 a.m.

Session 2A - Mechanical Mainte- nance - Effects of Air System Operations and Integrity on Performance and

Reliability of High Pressure Air Com- pressors. J.J. Craighead

Reduced Maintenance Duplex

Strainer for CG-47 Class Ships. R.

Erskine, Ingalls and A. Kuntz,

Cleveland Gear - Engineered Approach to Valve

Sealing Systems. J. Webb, A.W.

Chesterton - Shipboard Oil/Water Separator

System (OWS). H.M. Gallardo

Session 2B - Maintenance Deter- mination - Ship Systems Test and Trials/

Maintenance Training Program. T.

Shaner - Automated Diesel Engine Trend

Analysis - An Example of Implement- ing a Maintenance Program

Fleetwide. R. Caccese; J. Fortune,

George G. Sharp, Inc.; R. Conway - Main Propulsion Shaft Alignment

Assessments Using Strain Gauge

Technology. M.Bouve;R.DeJesus;

G. Hull - Micro Calibration and Scheduling

Management (MICRO-CSM). Lcdr.

P. Sumner 11:30 a.m. - Lunch. Keynote Speaker, Mr.

Richard H. Vortmann, Chairman,

Shipbuilding Council of America. 1:30 p.m.

Session 2C - Electrical Mainte- nance: - Power Quality Analysis of NATO

Sea Sparrow Missile Systems Aboard

CV-64 and CVN-70. W. Walden,

George G. Sharp, Inc.; G. Durrant - The Effect of Changes in Environ- mental Regulations on the Avail- ability, Performance and Disposal of Batteries Used in Naval Systems/

A Review of the Use of Lithium Bat- teries in the Navy with a Focus on the Navy's Safety Policy. Dr. J.

Barnes, Electro-Chem Branch,

NSWC Dahlgren - Static Frequency Changers (SFC)

Versus Motor-Generator (MG) for 400HZ Distribution Systems. Kirk,

Martin and E. Morris - (Tentative Paper for "The Naval

Reserve Engineering Duty Program:

Fleet Maintenance Multiplier Dur- ing Crises Response." Cdr. E.M.

Golda, USNR

Session 2D - Corrosion Control/

Prevention - A Practical Data Base for Aircraft

Carrier Tank and Void Maintenance

Planning. R. G. Wheeler, PERA - Prevention of Premature Non-skid

Failures. T. Stack, NSWC CD - U.S. Navy Coating Systems, An

Update. G. Bossie, SUPSHIP San

Diego - The AEGIS Combat System Cor- rosion Prevention and Control Pro- gram: A "Full Spectrum" Response to a Fleet Need. Dr. J. Barnes,

NSWC Dahlgren

Session 2E - Fleet HM&E Issues

Kickoff by Maintenance Officer

Radm. M.T. Coyle, USN

Thursday, October 21: 8:00 a.m.

Session 3A - Fleet HM&E Issues

Keynote by Maintenance Officer

Radm. A. Clark, USN

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