Vigor EVP of ship restore Adam Beck: “Vigor’s completion of USS Chosin in Seattle represents an incredible success for our skilled workers and the hundreds of people who worked on this project over the last three years.”
Vigor has efficiently accomplished a three-year modernization challenge on USS Chosin (CG 65) at its Harbor Island, Seattle, shipyard, sending the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser again to its homeport of Naval Station Everett.
The challenge was one of many largest, longest and most advanced in Vigor’s historical past, involving greater than 1.7 million hours of labor for Vigor staff, along with work by dozens of subcontractors and the U.S. Navy.
“Vigor’s completion of USS Chosin in Seattle represents an incredible success for our skilled workers and the hundreds of people who worked on this project over the last three years,” stated Adam Beck, Vigor’s govt vp of ship restore. “Vigor employees and our many partners successfully managed this very complex project through the COVID-19 pandemic, ultimately returning the ship to the U.S. Navy to continue its service to our nation. We are honored to support the U.S. Navy, and are grateful to all who made this success possible.”
Vigor’s work on the ship over the past three years included modernizing weapons, communications and data techniques, in addition to upgrading many different areas of the ship. The Vigor workforce labored in shut partnership with the Navy’s Northwest Regional Maintenance Center (NWRMC) at Naval Station Everett, the place USS Chosin is homeported.
Work on USS Chosin commenced alongside USS Cape St. George (CG 71), which can be scheduled to be accomplished this 12 months. Both upkeep tasks had been awarded to Vigor collectively in 2019.
“This project was not only important to the Navy and our national defense, it also supported more than 600 family-wage jobs at the Harbor Island shipyard,” Beck stated. “This steady work has allowed Vigor to grow the capacity of our skilled workforce in support of Navy readiness and supported industrial jobs and the local economy.”
As USS Chosin leaves Harbor Island, two different U.S. Navy ships stay on the facility, together with USS Cape St. George and USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53). Vigor’s assist for the Navy additionally extends past Seattle, with USS Tulsa (LCS 16) at present present process upkeep at Swan Island in Portland, Oregon, and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) nearing the top of its availability in Hawaii.
Vigor is one among three main ship repairers that collectively make up Titan Acquisition Holdings, the guardian firm of Vigor, working within the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii and Alaska; MHI, based mostly in Norfolk, Va.; and Continental Maritime of San Diego (CMSD) in California.
