Vigor Marine has been awarded a contract for a 93-calendar day shipyard availability for a mid-term availability of Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19).
The $21,198,656 firm-fixed-price contract features a base interval and choices, which if exercised, would convey the cumulative worth of this contract to $21,711,746. Vigor was the only bidder for the undertaking.
Work will probably be carried out in Portland, Ore., starting March 15, 2024, and is anticipated to be accomplished by June 15, 2024.
USNS Mercy is the lead ship in a category of hospital ships owned by the Navy and operated by MSC.
Originally constructed as an oil tanker, SS Worth, by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, in 1976. the ship was renamed and transformed to a hospital ship by the identical firm beginning in 1984. Mercy was positioned in service in 1986 with the first mission is to supply fast, versatile, and cellular acute medical and surgical providers to help Marine Corps Air/Ground Task Forces deployed ashore, Army and Air Force models deployed ashore, and naval amphibious activity forces and battle forces afloat. Secondarily, it gives cellular surgical hospital service to be used by acceptable U.S. Government companies in catastrophe and humanitarian aid, and restricted humanitarian care incident to those missions and to peacetime navy operations.
The United States’ present hospital ships, USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort, will attain the tip of their anticipated service lives within the mid-2030s.
The Navy is at the moment evaluating future hospital ship (T-AH(X)) necessities, considering required capability, the necessity for inter-modality, and know-how advances to make sure the alternative ships meet the necessities of the long run power.
