BAE Systems Recieved $294.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy for USS Kearsarge Modernization

Specifications:

Name:

BAE Systems Recieved $294.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy for USS Kearsarge Modernization

Location:

USA

Company:

BAE Systems

Estimated Cost:

$294.7 million

Source:

www.baesystems.com/

Introduction:

BAE Systems has received a $294.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to drydock and perform more than 19 months* of maintenance and modernization work on the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3).

Features:

Under the awarded contract, the maintenance availability of USS Kearsarge will begin in April. Starting in June, the 843-foot-long ship will be drydocked for nearly a year at BAE Systems’ Norfolk shipyard. The shipyard will perform extensive hull, tank, and mechanical work, rehabilitate all crew and embarked Marine living compartments onboard, and inspect the ship’s boilers. BAE Systems is expected to complete work aboard the 29-year-old ship in November 2024*.

The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $340.3 million.

USS Kearsarge is the third ship of the USS Wasp class of U.S. Navy amphibious assault ships, which are designed to carry expeditionary Marines and their equipment to anywhere in the world. The current Kearsarge is the fourth U.S. Navy vessel to sail with the name. The company’s Norfolk shipyard is also completing a similar modernization project aboard the Wasp.