The U.S. Navy’s USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), the littoral fight ship sidelined in Singapore on account of gear injury, will sail beneath its personal energy to San Diego later this summer season for repairs, the U.S. Navy stated Wednesday.

Fort Worth skilled an engineering casualty to the ship’s combining gears January in Singapore that can require an intensive restore interval.

Preparations for the voyage are anticipated to take a number of months and can embrace crucial inspections, lube oil system flushes, and configuration of the engineering plant for protected operations.

The ship will use its gasoline turbine engines to transit from its present location in Singapore the place it has been rotationally deployed since December 2014. The Pacific Ocean transit to homeport in San Diego is predicted to take about six weeks with a number of underway replenishments and deliberate fueling stops alongside the way in which.

The choice to finish full restore of Fort Worth’s combining gears in San Diego was based mostly on a number of elements, together with upkeep timelines, effectivity of repairs, and shipyard capabilities, the Navy stated. Repairs will likely be performed throughout Fort Worth’s beforehand scheduled chosen restricted availability with docking (SRA(d)) upkeep interval, lowering the general price to the Navy.

The Navy has but to be decided whether or not the SRA(d) period will likely be prolonged because of the combining gear restore work.