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Uss Mississippi Joins Navy Fleet Story on Page 2 ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER EB NEWS USS MISSISSIPPI JOINS NAVY FLEET STORY ON PAGE 2 JULY 2012 68708_EBoat_News.indd 1 8/2/12 4:02 PM USS MISSISSIPPI JOINS NAVY FLEET IN HOME-STATE CEREMONY 2 | JULY 2012 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS 68708_EBoat_News.indd 2 8/2/12 4:02 PM PASCAGOULA, MISS. SS Mississippi (SSN-782), the ninth Virginia-class attack submarine, joined the fleet in a commissioning ceremony held here last month. More than 7,500 people braved the typical tropical Mis- sissippi weather to witness the ceremony in Pascagoula, while others viewed it live on the Internet. Secretary of the Navy RAY MABUS, a native Mis- Usissippian and former governor of the state, was the ceremony’s keynote speaker. “I am so glad to be home to commission the wonderfully named Mississippi”, said Mabus. “When you look at Mississippi you know that American exceptionalism, to paraphrase Mississippian Wil- liam Faulkner, will not only survive, it will prevail,” he said. Electric Boat President KEVIN J. POITRAS noted that one month earlier the Virginia team delivered the submarine Missis- sippi almost a year ahead of schedule and more than $60 million under cost. “That’s the kind of performance which defines the Virginia program, and enables us to provide solid support for the Navy’s shipbuilding goals,” Poitras said. “It took just over 62 months to build Mississippi, which sets a record for the Virginia-class program, and is a testament to the skill and dedication of the shipbuilders,” Mabus said. “The reason we have the edge that we do and the reason that no navy on earth can touch us, is because of the sailors that represent the United States Navy,” he said. “The sailors standing before you are the best skilled, the highest trained, and most dedicated that the world has ever known.” Continuing the longstanding Navy traditional first order, Ship Sponsor ALLISON STILLER, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for Ship Programs, proclaimed, “Man our ship and bring her to life.” For the Navy and for the state of Mississippi, the wait was over. Last December, Stiller broke the traditional champagne bottle against the submarine’s sail during the christening ceremony at the Groton shipyard. Her initials were welded onto a plaque inside the submarine during the keel-laying ceremony at Quonset Point in 2010. In his remarks, Poitras described Stiller’s extensive involvement with USS Mississippi and its crew. “Since she was named sponsor of Mississippi, Ms. Stiller has participated in the important milestones marking this ship’s young life – its keel laying, float-off, christening, and now its commission- ing,” Poitras said. “These activities have helped her develop a par- ON FRONT COVER: THE VIRGINIA-CLASS ATTACK ticularly strong bond with the crew of Mississippi and the Electric SUBMARINE MISSISSIPPI (SSN-782) ARRIVES IN Boat shipyard. PASCAGOULA, MISS. FOR ITS JUNE 2 COMMISSIONING “Her warmth and personal engagement with the submarine Mis- CEREMONY. (U.S. NAVY PHOTO) USS MISSISSIPPI JOINS NAVY FLEET sissippi and its crew will be remembered by everyone associated with this fine ship,” he said. ABOVE: SAILORS ASSIGNED TO USS MISSISSIPPI (SSN-782) MAN THE SHIP DURING THE COMMISSIONING As the Navy’s newest Virginia-class attack submarine, Missis- CEREMONY FOR THE NAVY’S NINTH VIRGINIA-CLASS sippi is a flexible, multi-mission platform designed to carry out the IN HOME-STATE CEREMONY ATTACK SUBMARINE. (U.S. NAVY PHOTO) CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | JULY 2012 | 3 68708_EBoat_News.indd 3 8/2/12 4:02 PM THE FACES OF EB EARNED HOURS TO DATE JUNE 2012 Health Fairs Draw More Than 1,000 Employees FEATURING CHOLESTEROL SCREENINGS, BLOOD-PRESSURE SCREENINGS, MASSAGE THERAPY, GLUCOSE TESTING, BODY-FAT ANALYSIS AND MORE, TWO HEALTH FAIRS HELD RECENTLY IN GROTON AND NEW Black Engineering LONDON ATTRACTED MORE THAN 1,000 EMPLOYEES. IN THE PHOTO ABOVE, WILLIAM WOOD (453) HAS Council Awards HIS CHOLESTEROL LEVEL CHECKED. Scholarships AT ITS 17TH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP BANQUET, ELECTRIC BOAT’S BLACK ENGINEERING COUNCIL PRESENTED SCHOLARSHIPS TO TWO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. SHOWN IN THE seven core competencies of the Submarine Force: anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, PHOTO ABOVE ARE, FROM LEFT, DR. delivery of special operations forces, strike warfare, irregular warfare, intelligence, surveillance and GRACE JONES, PRESIDENT OF THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND reconnaissance and mine warfare. Mississippi will support these capabilities for years to come. THE EVENT’S PRINCIPAL SPEAKER; SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS TANDAI ern Pacific and under the Arctic ice to work with the Coast Guard and our international partners, and CHISOWA AND JESSICA FORT; AND she’ll support our carrier strike groups around the world,” said Mabus. BEC PRESIDENT DARRELL COMENA. USS Mississippi was a nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser (CGN-40) that was in service from August 1978 to July 1997. 4 | JULY 2012 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS 68708_EBoat_News.indd 4 8/3/12 1:24 PM EB NEWS CONTENTS 1-3 USS Mississippi Joins Navy Fleet 4 Earned Hours 4 Black Engineering Council 5 Health Fairs Draw Employees 6 Sea Shuttle Mileage Milestone 7 First Under Weigh Competition 7 It All Counts Raffle 7 Repository Replacement / Reduction 8 Marine Systems News 9 60th Anniversary of Nautilus Keel Laying 10 EB Business Ethics and Conduct 11 GD Reports Second-Quarter 2012 Results 12/13 Health Matters / Retirees 14 New Hires 15 Service Awards 16 Safety Performance Health Fairs Draw More Than 1,000 Employees FEATURING CHOLESTEROL SCREENINGS, BLOOD-PRESSURE SCREENINGS, MASSAGE THERAPY, GLUCOSE TESTING, BODY-FAT ANALYSIS AND MORE, TWO HEALTH FAIRS HELD RECENTLY IN GROTON AND NEW The current LONDON ATTRACTED MORE THAN 1,000 EMPLOYEES. IN THE PHOTO ABOVE, WILLIAM WOOD (453) HAS workforce at HIS CHOLESTEROL LEVEL CHECKED. Electric Boat is more than 11,000 employees. Source: http://www.gdeb.com/about/history MISSISSIPPI IS COMMISSIONED CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 FACT: EB seven core competencies of the Submarine Force: anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, delivery of special operations forces, strike warfare, irregular warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and mine warfare. Mississippi will support these capabilities for years to come. ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS is published “During the time Mississippi is in the fleet, she may patrol the waters of the North Atlantic to the West- monthly by the Public Affairs Dept. 75 Eastern Point Road ern Pacific and under the Arctic ice to work with the Coast Guard and our international partners, and Groton, CT 06340 she’ll support our carrier strike groups around the world,” said Mabus. DAN BARRETT, Editor Mississippi is the fifth Navy ship, and first submarine, to be named for the Magnolia state. The most recent LINDA RUTAN, Contributing Editor USS Mississippi was a nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser (CGN-40) that was in service from August 1978 BOB GALLO, GARY SLATER, to July 1997. GARY HALL, Photography Phone (860) 433-8202 Fax (860) 433-8054 Email [email protected] ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS | JULY 2012 | 5 68708_EBoat_News.indd 5 THE BOW SECTION OF MISSISSIPPI (SSN-782) ARRIVES IN GROTON ABOARD THE SEA SHUTTLE. SEA SHUTTLE CLOSES IN ON MILEAGE MILESTONE high,” he said. he Virginia Submarine Program “It’s usually a two-day cycle between and Electric Boat’s Sea Shuttle will pass a milestone Quonset Point and Groton,” he said. in September when the barge “We load during the day; sail that night, makes its 100th trip between and offload the next day.” T The Sea Shuttle has three legs that Southern New England and Virginia. ratchet down to underwater concrete Altogether, said Chief Docking pads in the locations where it loads and Engineer LIAM M. FARRAGHER unloads. This enables Electric Boat (502), the Sea Shuttle has completed to use transporters to drive 2,000-ton more than 1,000 trips, including modules and other smaller pieces of runs between the Quonset Point material on and off quickly and safely. manufacturing facility and the Groton Before modular construction the shipyard. shipyard used deck barges, employing cranes to load and unload, Built in Quincy, Mass., for Electric Boat in 1983, the Sea Shuttle which limited the weight of what was designed to move large submarine modules. The barge now is was moved. closing in on 150,000 miles traveled and uncounted thousands of “Moving to two submarines a year is going to require us to tons of material transported between various locations. selectively target the loads for heavy-lift capability and return to “This is a very unique heavy lift capability for Electric Board that the deck barge model that we had before for smaller loads,” facilitates modular construction,” said Farragher. “It is a linchpin for Farragher said. modular construction methods.” Farragher said after almost 30 years of operating the Sea Shuttle Typically the Sea Shuttle accommodates one load per week, EB has finely tuned the maintenance procedures and there is no depending on its maintenance requirements and the need current need to consider a replacement. for transport. “Over the last five years we have increased our maintenance, and “Right now, we’re in a maintenance window,” said Farragher. “In with this increased investment the shuttle will be able to meet all of the September / October 2012 time frame, our usage will be very its obligations indefinitely,” Farragher said. 6 | JULY 2012 | ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS 68708_EBoat_News.indd 6 8/2/12 4:02 PM FIRST UNDER CHANGES COMING TO WEIGH THE IT ALL COUNTS RAFFLE PROGRAM o enter the 2013 raffle, employees and their eligible dependents must complete COMPETITION one of the following: P Participate in Know Your Numbers health screenings CONCLUDES T P Complete an annual physical PComplete a smoking-cessation program he Under Weigh exercise program recently completed its first year of P Fill or re-fill a prescription at the EB Family Pharmacy competition.
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