Navy aircraft carriers and other vessels and U.S. Vigor, which purchased the Todd Pacific Shipyards in February 2011, also maintains and renovates U.S. Vigor customers include commercial fishing and cargo fleets, barge and workboat owners, oil transportation companies, Washington State Ferries, the Alaska Marine Highway System and alternative energy developers. Map of Ketchikan AKVigor owns the 60-acre Swan Island shipyard in Portland, the historic Harbor Island yard in Seattle as well as operations in Tacoma, Everett, Bremerton and Port Angeles. “We see a tremendous opportunity here to work with Alaska residents to grow maritime jobs and industry from Oregon to the Arctic,” said Frank Foti, Vigor Industrial owner and CEO. Vigor Industrial currently owns and operates leading maritime services in the Pacific Northwest at facilities from Portland through Puget Sound. “The purchase of ASD by Vigor will increase the capacity and competitiveness of the Ketchikan Shipyard in many ways, positioning Ketchikan and the State of Alaska to not only continue our high level of service to existing customers, but to significantly participate in exciting new markets emerging in the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans,” Johnson said. Johnson will continue with the company, becoming ASD Vice Chairman. ASD employees and customers will notice little change in day-to-day operations, said ASD owner Randy Johnson, a Ketchikan resident who has directed operations at KSY since 1994. The private companies hope to finalize their agreement on or before March 1st.ĪSD would operate the Ketchikan Shipyard (KSY) as the Alaska Ship & Drydock LLC subsidiary, in continuation of its thirty year AIDEA operating agreements. Under the deal, ASD will transition its business and assets to Vigor pending approval of the transfer of ownership by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), the owner of the Ketchikan Shipyard where ASD is based. (ASD) and Vigor Industrial this week jointly announced their intent to make ASD a Vigor company. Credit Vigor IndustrialĪlaska Ship and Drydock Inc. Navy built around the Aegis Combat System and the SPY-1D multifunction passive electronically scanned array radar.Combination to Further Strengthen Maritime Industry and Jobs in Alaska and Across the Pacific NorthwestĪlaska Ship & Drydock: current view & planned development. The Arleigh Burke-class is a guided missile destroyer in service with the U.S. On 17 August 2002, the commissioning ceremony was held at Pier 30 in San Francisco, California. She was launched and christened on 2 July 2000. USS McCampbell was the 20th ship of this class to be built by Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine, and construction began on 16 July 1999. This ship is the 35th destroyer of her class. ![]() USS McCampbell (DDG-85) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Following routine maintenance and system upgrades, McCampbell will proceed to Naval Station Everett, Washington, where it will be homeported. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer is en route to Portland, Oregon, where it will undergo midlife modernization. According to news published by the Sea Power Magazine, on Jully 6, 2020, the USS McCampbell departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on July 2 following 13 years of service forward-deployed to U.S. Work is expected to be completed by November 2021. These improvements will include hull, mechanical and electrical technology insertion as well as provide critical warfighting improvements, such as upgraded machinery control system, integrated bridge and navigation system (to include physical throttles) advanced galley upgrade wireless communications and digital video surveillance system upgrade upgrade to a fiber optic local area network backbone AEGIS baseline 9 upgrade (that includes updated guns weapons system) enhanced Vertical Launching System multi-mission signal processor and Ballistic Missile Defense 5.0 upgrade. USS McCampbell will receive comprehensive modernization for DDG 51 class ships to ensure a mission relevant service life. Work will be performed in Portland, Oregon. This contract includes options which, if exercised, will bring the cumulative value of this contract to $155,621,173. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) transits through the South China Sea. ![]() Follow Navy Recognition on Google News at this link Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) chief of naval operations scheduled depot maintenance availability. DoD (Department of Defense) on June 6, 2020, Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, is awarded a $133,406,869 firm-fixed-price contract to prepare for and accomplish repair and alteration requirements for U. According to a contract released by the U.S.
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