BAE Systems San Francisco Ship Repair said Dec. 14 that it
has been awarded a $15.23 million firm-fixed-price contract for a 60-calendar
day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the USNS
Matthew Perry.
The work was contracted out by the US Navy’s Military
Sealift Command in Washington, DC.
According to BAE, work on the vessel is to include: a main
engine overhaul; HVAC support; degaussing system repairs; deck non-skid
renewal; ballast tank preservation; cylinder head and liner overhaul; annual
lifeboat certification; galley ventilation system cleaning; docking and
undocking; propeller system maintenance; bow thruster maintenance; overhauling
sea valves; and underwater hull cleaning and painting.
The contract includes options that, if exercised, would
bring the total contract value to $15.29 million. Work is to be performed in
San Francisco and is expected to be completed by March 15, 2015.
The USNS Matthew Perry, which was
christened in 2009, is a 16,446-ton dead weight, 689 foot long military dry
cargo ship. It has a maximum dry cargo weight of 5,910 long tons and a maximum
dry cargo volume of 783,000 cubic feet.
BAE San Francisco provides maintenance, alterations, and
repairs to cruise liners from Alaskan and Mexican trade routes, trans-Alaska
pipeline tankers, military vessels, local bay traffic and foreign and domestic
bulk carriers and container ships.
The yard’s floating dry dock, which is certified by the U.S.
Navy, is among the largest drydocks on North America’s West Coast.
