Aircraft Carrier
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- Bailey Refrigeration Goes On Site For Work Aboard Navy Aircraft Carrier Maritime Reporter, Jun 1986 #7
Bailey Refrigeration Company recently completed a top-to-bottom cleaning and charging of the U.S.
Navy aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt's after ship's stores refrigeration system. The 81,600-ton carrier is currently nearing completion at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.
The tune-up included purging all lines to remove air and moisture, charging the system with refrigerant, and testing for competency.
Bailey's 12-man crew completed the complex task in three weeks, meeting the Navy's and the yard's need for a tight completion schedule.
Once awarded the job, Bailey required less than 24 hours to assemble a team of highly qualified technicians and service engineers and deliver necessary equipment to the job site.
Other current military assignments for the company include work on the USS Nimitz, a sister ship of the Roosevelt, and other Navy and Army craft. Bailey represents most major refrigeration and air conditioning manufacturers, and services all makes and models. Custom design of refrigeration and air conditioning is another company specialty.
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- Newport News Launches Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier 'Carl Vinson' Maritime Reporter, Apr 15, 1980 #12
The Carl V i n s o n (CVN-70), third Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched recently during c e r e m o n i e s at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. Not only was the launch a major step in the U.S. Navy's shipbuilding program, but also Carl Vinson is the first living
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- Aircraft Carrier of the Future Maritime Reporter, Jan 2003 #43
, and experience how long it feels. Now imagine that same eight minutes spent pinned down by someone trying to kill you. The next-generation of aircraft carrier must fulfill old and new roles alike. The question now: what will it look like, and how much will it cost? Strategic air superiority is invaluable
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- Reagan Cuts an Imposing Path Maritime Reporter, Mar 2003 #32
country's 227-year history. Despite all of the recent talk of the "new" navy, there is no greater symbol of U.S. Sea Superiority than the nuclear Aircraft Carrier. And. there is arguably no better namesake for the soon-to-be commissioned CVN- 76 than President Ronald Reagan, whose mission of a 600-ship
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- Newport News Delivers Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower Maritime Reporter, Oct 1977 #10
News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., recently delivered to the United States Navy one of the world's largest warships, the nuclearpowered aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN69). With the Eisenhower, Newport News Shipbuilding has delivered 10 of the last 14 nuclear-powered ships received
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- $4.7-Million Spanish Navy Contract Awarded To Stewart & Stevenson Maritime Reporter, Nov 15, 1980 #19
Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. has announced a $4.7-million contract to provide generator sets for a Spanish Navy aircraft carrier. The company will supply three 2,500-kw "high shock" gas turbine generator sets by mid- 1982 to the prime contractor, Empresa Nacional Bazan Shipyard in Spain.
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- Sperry Awarded $51-Million Contract By U.S. Navy For Spanish Combat Systems Maritime Reporter, Aug 1981 #64
contract to implement the first phase of the combat system development and integration for three Spanish Navy guided-missile frigates and one aircraft carrier. The contract was awarded to Sperry by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command, and is part of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Under
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- Northrop Grumman Completes Builder's Trials on USS Ronald Reagan Maritime Reporter, Jun 2003 #17
Northrop Grumman Corporation said that aircraft carrier, Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), returned to the Newport News sector following successful completion of initial sea trials — deeming that Reagan's two nuclear propulsion plants and their operators are fully mission capable. Adm. Frank L. "Skip" Bowman
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- Northrop Grumman Shakes Up Newport News' Engineering Dept. Maritime Reporter, Feb 2002 #4
. Mulherin as sector vice president of the CVNX program, which includes design and engineering work associated with the new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers for the United States Navy. Mulherin is responsible for program management, engineering, production and planning for the CVNX program. "Matt
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- No Substitute for A Strong Navy Maritime Reporter, Apr 2002 #28
on record with Congress and the White House that they could not continue to adequately defend America with fewer than 360 ships comprised of 15 aircraft carrier battle groups (CVBG) and 15 amphibious ready groups (ARG). These CINCs were on record that the fleet was stretched perilously thin with their depl
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- GE Continues To Set Gas Turbine Tech Pace Maritime Reporter, Apr 2002 #34
GE announced the selection of its LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines and main reduction gears for use aboard the Italian Navy's new Andrea Doria aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier is being designed by Fincantieri Direzione Navi Militari in Genoa, Italy and built at Fincantieri's Riva Trigoso, Italy
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- Maritime History: CV1 — USS Langley was a Trailblazer Maritime Reporter, Dec 2021 #14
examines 'Great Ships' delivered this calendar year, Edward Lundquist takes a look back into U.S. Navy history and America's first aircraft carrier —CV 1, the USS Langley.Most people think of USS Langley as America’s first aircraft carrier — CV 1. While that’s
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 27RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND With COVID, we had to make some hard choices for our Do your CIVMARs have upward mobility? mariners because we couldn’t rotate. Many of our mariners The Navy has Sailors who become “Mustangs,” and work found other employment, and were able to use their skills
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 18MARKETS & gas activity returns, we anticipate that supply of the vessels The Question of Emissions to offshore wind projects will reduce, driving demand for ad- Given that SOVs and CSOVs operate in a segment target- ditional CSOVs. ing reduced emissions, and many operate in the North Eu- Outside of China
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April 2024 - Marine News page: 24referencing the main an open set of issues. These concerns extend beyond title of the NAS report.) The Coast Guard does not ask for in- vessels and aircraft to weather and environmental moni- sights or comments on how or whether radar failure might be toring, search and rescue and tracking environmental
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 37PTI/PTO "In a typical LNG carrier, permanent magnet technology improves ef? ciency by 2-4% compared to synchronous machines." – Dr. Jussi Puranen, Head of Product Line, Electric Machines, at Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch The Switch’s shaft generators start from <1MW and range up to 12MW+.
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 36HYBRID 2-stroke controllable pitch propeller PTO powertrain Source: MAN Energy Solutions how the system is intended to operate, says Oskar Levander, VP Strategy & Business Development, Kongsberg Maritime. For example, a primary shaft-driven PTO rotates whenever the engine is running; a secondary one
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 35PTI/PTO 30 years ago shaft generators with PTI capability kept container ships sailing at top speed. That purpose gone, PTI/PTO is making a new comeback in more cargo shipping segments, this time for reducing emissions. By Wendy Laursen etro? tting a shaft generator is not an insigni? - the ef? ciency
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 29AMERICAN ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF CARRIER (ARC) operate a US ? ag ship just for the MSP customer through that global network. As an example of “clarity and con- stipend. It’s a cargo driven industry, and We are certainly a unique business unit sistency,” Ebeling points ? rst to “the those cargoes help to
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 28COVER FEATURE times of con? ict or in other national said Ebeling. “If you look at Iraq and tors bring to the table, all provided by emergencies, and the program also Afghanistan, 98% of those cargoes the MSP ? eet, and it would cost the provides DoD access to MSP partici- were transported to the
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 27AMERICAN ROLL-ON ROLL-OFF CARRIER (ARC) “MSP really only works when it’s hand in glove with the cargo preference laws. Those are the laws that generate the cargo that moves on US ? ag vessels. Really, it’s cargo – those preference cargoes – that’s the key incentive for US ? ag operators in internatio
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 26COVER FEATURE ARC KEEPING THE CARGO ROLLING With a ? eet of nine U.S.-? ag RoRo ships, American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group (ARC), is the U.S.’ premier commercial RoRo carrier of U.S. government and military cargo. As the world becomes an increasingly contentious place, Eric P. Ebeling, President
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 20MARKETS FPSO technology dominates the region’s FPS demand. duction and storage of low and zero emission energy carriers, In all, 18 countries in West and East Africa are expected such as methanol and ammonia. One exciting development to receive new FPSOs, FLNGs and FPUs between 2024 and leverages
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February 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 6Editorial MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS M A R I N E L I N K . C O M s the world increasingly HQ 118 E. 25th St., 2nd Floor becomes a geopolitical New York, NY 10010 USA T +1.212.477.6700 quagmire, with Russia’s Awar in the Ukraine soon CEO John C. O’Malley entering year three and disparate
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 33right 32 surface vessel torpedo tube launcher, class boats, 727 to 729, received the below the target, breaking its keel. or dropped into the water by aircraft. conversion between 2002 and 2008. In- Made by Raytheon, the MK 54 is the Both the lightweight and heavyweight stead of 16 Trident missiles,
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 32se- in the U.S. Newport News was also building Nimitz-class curity pact known as AUKUS. Eventually Australia will build nuclear powered aircraft carriers. while and EB was building the future SSN-AUKUS class submarines in Australia. the Ohio-class of ballistic missile submarines during this time
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 29Dynamics Mission Systems Blue? n Robotics Blue? n-9 and HII Re- mus 100 and 300. Offensive Mines The U.S. inventory of sea mines is either dropped by aircraft, such as the Quick Strike family of mines, or covert- ly deployed by submarines like SLMM and Hammerhead. Quick Strike are ba- sically air dropped
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 13with heavy fuel.” of VTUAVs. Likewise, larger navies the bene? t of the war? ghter,” said Flint. UMS Skeldar sees a large market for could use an aircraft like the V200 UMS Skeldar is also collaborating with navies and coast guards that don’t nec- for many missions that don’t require a partners to
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 12ground control station. The corvettes’ mine-countermeasures ship (rMCM) program. capabilities for imaging reconnaissance will be signi? cantly The aircraft has conducted aerial inspections of merchant ships expanded in the future--objects can be detected and identi? ed for emissions for the European
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January 2024 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 9or heavyweight torpedoes, advanced sea mines, Through indigenous engineering, access to commercial off- anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs), small unmanned aircraft the-shelf technologies, or the skilled re-purposing of COTS systems (SUAS), or small AUVs that could be used as non- tech, such as Ukraine’s integration
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January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 43, the Coast plicated as it acquires upgraded information systems as well Guard had completed workforce requirements analyses— as technologically advanced aircraft and vessels. In addition, which are structured analyses that determine the number and workforce growth and enhanced skills will be required to op- types
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January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 41In the Shipyard Latest Deliveries, Contracts and Designs Van Oord Upgrades Heavy-lift Gulf Craft, Incat Crowther an Oord’s heavy-lift installation vessel Team on Virgin Island Ferry VSvanen will receive a major upgrade: the gan- try crane will be extended by 25m, making the vessel ready to handle the
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January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 40design fea- tures a shallow draft which enables greater reach and allows for direct access to austere ports. The ? ight deck will accommodate military aircraft, including the V-22 and H-53K. Image courtesy Bernard Schulte 40 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • January 2024 MR #1 (34-44).indd 40 1/8/2024
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January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 18TECH FEATURE A New Era for Great Lakes Freighters with Modern Marine Epoxies By Justin Peare, Marine Coatings Representative, Great Lakes Region & Matt Heffernan, Commercial Marine Business Manager, North America, Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine he Motor Vessel Mark W. Barker – the ? rst U.S.
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January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 16cade of the twenty-? rst century. Some of the most prominent Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One in Port Hueneme, include next generation ? ghter aircraft, quantum computing, CA, and conducting a large number of exercises, experiments stealthy bombers, arti? cial intelligence and unmanned tech- and
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January 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 13between these two sail elements, igniting a powerful acceleration along the wing’s leeward edge, known as the extrados. The principle takes a cue from aircraft wings in motion and the result is balance and in- credible performance even at narrow ap- parent wind angles. This is crucial for ships in motion