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JULY 2011 INSIDE Submarine California Goes to Sea • 3 New Hires • 3 SHUTTLE SERVICE OPERATING General Dynamics Recognizes Electric Boat Employees • 4 Employees Commit to Continuous BETWEEN GROTON AND NEW LONDON Improvement • 5 Caffary Reflects on His 50-Year t 2:45 p.m. on Monday, July 18, Daryl E. Poole was get- Electric Boat Career • 6 Driver Daryl E. Poole ting ready to pull out of the driveway between Building 221 Health Matters • 8/9 (505) and Electric Boat’s and the visitor lot in Groton with the 29-passenger Glaval Retirees • 9 A Groton – New London bus, making the last run of the day on the first day of shuttle service shuttle bus by the Raffle is Worth $125,000 •9 between the shipyard in Groton and the engineering complex in New visitor parking lot. Service Awards • 10 London. Marine News Roundup • 11 “It’ll be a while before people realize that the shuttle service is oper- Ethics • 11 ating, and the times might not work for everyone,” said Poole (545), Safety Performance • 12 continued on page 2 GROTON – NEW LONDON SHUTTLE SERVICE continued from page 1 noting that business was slow on the first Groton – New LonDon SHuttle SCHEDule day. The scheduled route goes out Mitchell Groton (visitor lot) New London (front entrance) Groton Street in Groton and across the Gold Star Depart Arrive Depart Arrive Bridge to New London and Shaw’s Cove, 7 AM 7:30 AM 7:45 AM 8:15 AM and then to the engineering complex. On the first day traffic was light, and 11:30 AM Noon 12:15 PM 12:45 PM Poole arrived at Shaw’s Cove five minutes 2:45 PM 3:15 PM 3:30 PM 4 PM ahead of the schedule. He waited until the scheduled 3:10 p.m. departure, even Stops at Shaw’s Cove will be made on demand. though the prospect of riders was low, and The shuttle schedule may be modified based on ridership and usage. indeed no one came out of the building to catch the shuttle. ation,” Poole said, as he resumed his trip The scheduled route goes out “The first day, I don’t want anyone say- back to Groton. Even with the slight delay ing I didn’t keep to the schedule,” Poole to talk to the intern parents, the shuttle Mitchell Street in Groton and across said with a laugh as he wheeled out on was back at the visitor lot in Groton in just to Howard Street, and the last leg of the 18 minutes and 16 seconds, nearly 12 min- the Gold Star Bridge to New London trip to the New London engineering com- utes ahead of schedule. plex. Arriving at the 28 minute, 15 second “Looks like we should be able to meet and Shaw’s Cove, and then to the mark, he settled in to wait for the sched- the schedule pretty easily, even when rid- uled 3:30 p.m. departure. ership picks up,” Poole said. engineering complex. On his way out of the engineering complex, two drivers waiting outside waved him to a stop and asked if student interns working in the New London com- plex were eligible to take the bus. Poole responded that as long as they wore Elec- Dan Barrett, Editor Phone (860) 433-8202 tric Boat badges, he’d be happy to have Bob Gallo, Gary Slater, Fax (860) 433-8054 them. When he learned the interns could Gary Hall, Photography not clock out until 3:30, he said he’d hold Email [email protected] up departure for a couple of minutes so Electric Boat News they could catch the shuttle. is published monthly by the Public “We might have to adjust the schedule Affairs Department, in case other people are in the same situ- 75 Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340 2 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | JULY 2011 WELCOME TO ELECTRIC BOAT PLEASE HELP WELCOME THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEES, WHO HAVE RECENTLY JOINED THE COMPANY 252 John Falvey 416 Colby Cushing 449 Christopher Brown 462 Joshua Friedensohn 492 David Chudy 902 Michael Beverly Brian Fontaine Jodi Hill Anthony Duva Myle James Christopher Frink Michael Dennis William Korcak Amanda Keller Carolyn Hartzell Michael LaRose Steven Mangone Stephen Murdock Justin Kunak Stephen Smith Sherin James Andrew Moger Gregory Preliasco Matthew Lavallee Nachiketa Tiwari Joseph Pratt Thomas O’Brien Chet VanGaasbeek 921 Eugene Dyer III Dara Salls Derek Welch Andrew Saunders Ryan Sekac Conor Walsh Chad Graves Dale Schaarschmidt Derek Wiatrowski Kim Heywood 452 Daron Chandler 463 Alex Bolanos 493 Shane Bourgault Michael Laliberte 341 Susan Borenstein 428 Nathan Melanson Noah Greenleaf John Leonard III Alexander Kops Jesse Bryant 429 Rony Kamruzzaman Alexander Mitteness Emily Landis 922 Eric Dyl Jennifer Ewalt 464 Stephen Cassidy David Stockford 433 Russell Austin 453 Collin Duval Stephen Huse 924 Stuart White 410 Ainsley Brown Rick Cressey Chelsea Henderson 494 Alex Duguay Daniel Duprey Philip DaSilva Andrew Laflamme 485 Stephanie Barnes Hannah Holman 933 William Moorehead Justin Dodson Nicholas Parlin Loren Stanley 412 Nathaniel Anker 434 Joseph Dear 454 Nicholas Smith Dylan Gardner James Vincenzo Robert Miller Jr. Joseph Jablonski 413 Benjamin Allen 456 Alexander Cordero Timothy Manchester 496 Nicholas Souza Patrick Keough 437 James Cain William Dorff Kirsten Martel Gregory Michel Hani Mubarez Seth Greenhalgh Joseph Pietrzak 604 Kathleen Ruby Daniel Milligan Seth Swanberg Timothy McGee Christopher Reed Vincent Tancredi 486 Allen Engasser 649 Franklyn Galvan Casey Spencer Corey Worthington 459 James Cerino Dana Howes Morgan Clendennin Jose Reynoso 686 Carol Morosky 414 Jeremiah Jones 443 Amanda Klein Jayne Morris Victoria Solla 487 Clint Kendrick 702 Steven Villucci 448 James Gancarz Keith Rowsey 415 Holly Gendreau Wilmer Lambert 705 April Ford Matthew Kazana David McLaren Lauren Norman Submarine California Goes to Sea California (SSN-781), the eighth Virginia-class submarine, completed its initial sea trials earlier this month. The submarine is scheduled to join the fleet later this year in a commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | JULY 2011 | 3 GENERAL DYNAMICS RECOGNIZES ELECTRIC BOAT EMPLOYEES FOR INNOVATION, ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS eneral Dynamics has recognized eight engineers for their professional achievements and advancement of the corpo- G ration’s technical capabilities. Matt Boone (493), Pete Bielaczyc (493), Marc Enright (463), Lloyd Bagg (474), Dave Martin (474), Mike Amburn (459), Mario Nonnenmacher (459) – members of the USS Hartford Collision Repair Engineering Team – and Andrew Zimbelmann (462) were recognized at the corporation’s 13th Annual Engineering Excel- lence and Innovations Awards Conference held recently in Falls Church, Va. Boone accepted the engineering award on behalf of his fellow team members. Engineering Excellence Award In 2009, the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Hartford (SSN- 768) was involved in a collision with a U.S. Navy surface ship in the Persian Gulf, suffering significant damage to the hull, sail and retractable bow planes. The Electric Boat engineering team estab- Matt Boone Andrew Zimbelmann lished in response to the accident developed a collision assessment, evaluation and repair plan without access to the ship and very little complex pressure hull repair job, which was taken from concept planning time prior to Hartford’s arrival at the Groton shipyard. to completion in less than five months; the fabrication, instal- The team was engaged in three primary tasks – pressure hull lation and test of a new sail in half the historical time; and the assessment and repair, fairwater (sail) manufacturing and outfit- return of USS Hartford to its status as a fully certified naval ting, and retractable bow plane restoration. combatant in 21 months. To predict the extent of the damage prior to Hartford’s arrival, the Innovation Excellence Award team developed a finite element analysis based on supplied defor- mation measurements of the damaged hull. In addition, the team General Dynamics presented its Innovation Excellence Award developed an innovative solution to resolve the damage to the port to Zimbelmann in recognition of his efforts over the past 10 retractable bow plane. years to develop advanced technology in the area of acoustic In all, the engineering team made significant contributions to a modeling. Leading a multi-disciplined, multi-organization team of engi- neers and scientists, Zimbelmann coordinated the development of highly innovative, physics-based noise prediction methods. These methods rely on detailed modeling of component noise source mechanisms, and structural dynamics of the component, support structure and ship to predict the generation of vibration and radiation of sound. The methods he developed are enabling key decisions that improve ship performance while avoiding overly conservative and costly designs. The success of this effort is attributable to Zimbelmann’s comprehensive technical abilities, strong team building and leadership skills, and extreme attention to detail. A newly fabricated sail is installed on USS Hartford at Electric Boat’s Groton shipyard. 4 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | July 2011 EMPLOYEES COMMIT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ho wants to be part of what’s next?” That Green Belt training provided participants the skills, was the question asked of Electric Boat “W employees several months ago. “Who wants knowledge and confidence to implement changes that to be part of the culture of continuous improvement?” Responding to the question were 21 employees who have will positively affect safety, quality, cost and schedule. since completed two weeks of Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training. These Green Belts will serve as problem-solving philosophies, Six Sigma principles, statistical tools, facilitation resources throughout the company on a wide variety of skills, and change leadership skills. The training was led by Nik projects. Green Belt training provided participants the skills, Iacono (670) and Bob Imbruglio (931). knowledge and confidence to implement changes that will The feedback from the participants has been positive.