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FEBRUARY 2005

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New Building Enhances Work Navy Commissions Of Hull-Coating Crew • 3

Carpenters’ Innovative Scaffolding Makes MIP Work Move Forward • 4 USS USS Florida Reaches Key Conversion Milestone Ahead of Schedule • 5 Is Fourth Largest he U.S. Navy commissioned the Jimmy Defense Contractor • 5 Carter (SSN-23) Feb. 19 at the submarine base, the last Padgett Describes What’s Needed To Succeed • 6 T of the three-ship Seawolf class and the second Electric Process-Improvement Idea Enhances Boat-built ship to join the fleet in four months. Recycling Program • 8 The 2,500 people in attendance included Differentiating the Jimmy Carter from all Contract Roundup • 9 a who’s who of Navy leadership and the other is its Multi-Mission Plat- Classified / Retirees • 10 Carter Administration as well as represen- form (MMP), which includes a 100-foot, Service Awards • 11 tatives of the Connecticut and Rhode 2,500-ton hull extension that enhances pay- Island congressional delegation. All were load capability, enabling the ship to accom- on hand to witness the commissioning of a modate advanced technology required to ship named for the only submarine-quali- develop and test an entirely new generation fied man to serve as U.S. president. of weapons, sensors, and undersea vehicles. continued on page 2

Crew members of USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) help bring the ship to life as they head across the brow during commissioning ceremonies at the submarine base Feb. 19.

U.S. Navy photo by PH2 Roadell Hickman/Volunteer Training Unit Cleveland/Naval Reserves “With the advanced capabilities of the Seawolf class and its

unique Multi-Mission Platform, the Jimmy Carter will lead the

way in the evolution of undersea warfare in the 21st century.

The world has never seen a submarine with the capabilities

embodied in this ship.”

– John Casey, Electric Boat president continued from page 1

At the same time, the submarine retains assuring our country’s continuing subma- warfare in the 21st century. The world the operational characteristics of the Sea- rine superiority. has never seen a submarine with the wolf class – the fastest, quietest, most “This morning – for the second time in capabilities embodied in this ship. heavily armed undersea combatants in four months – we are marking a signifi- “Just as impressive are the capabilities the world. cant event for the U.S. Navy, the Subma- that produced it. With our revolutionary Selected by the Navy to serve as a test rine Force and Electric Boat,” Casey said. design/build techniques, Electric Boat bed for submarine missions in the 21st “I’m referring, of course, to the com- took on the task of producing the Multi- century, the Jimmy Carter will support missioning of the Jimmy Carter, which Mission Platform, a project as complex classified research, development, test, and was preceded by the commissioning of as the construction of an entire Los evaluation efforts for naval special-war- USS in October. Although the Angeles-class submarine. fare missions, tactical undersea surveil- Jimmy Carter is technically the third and “Beginning with a notion that was lit- lance, and undersea warfare concepts. final Seawolf-class vessel, the modifica- tle more than a Power Point slide, we On June 5, 2004, the 453-foot, 12,139- tions it has undergone make it in reality a moved from concept design, to detail ton submarine was christened by Ros- ship of its own class. design, construction, integration, test, sea alynn Carter; in November, it began its “In that sense, the Navy/Electric Boat trials and delivery in half the normal sea trials; and in December, the ship was team has achieved an unprecedented time. delivered to the Navy. accomplishment – the commissionings of “This achievement underscores what I In his remarks at the ceremony, the two lead submarines in just 120 days. consider an indisputable fact – Electric former president said he had been hon- “With the advanced capabilities of the Boat and its work force are irreplaceable ored to serve as the governor of Georgia, Seawolf class and its unique Multi-Mis- national assets that must be sustained for the president of the United States and sion Platform, the Jimmy Carter will lead our country’s security.” the director of the , an the way in the evolution of undersea Among the event’s other speakers was influential human-rights organization. Vice Adm. Charles L. Munns, com- “But the deepest, most emotional “Beginning with a notion that was mander of Naval Submarine Forces. honor I have ever had is to have this “It’s a good day when we get a new sub- little more than a Power Point slide, great ship bear my name,” said Carter. marine commissioned, an even better day Referring to the ship’s crew, most of we moved from concept design, to when it’s named after a president and a whom he has personally met, Carter said, submariner, and even more special that “Their dedication is to use its extraordi- detail design, construction, integra- we did it on President’s Day weekend,” nary capabilities, many top secret, to pre- tion, test, sea trials and delivery in he said. serve peace, to protect our country and “We still don’t comprehend how useful to keep high the banner of human rights half the normal time. it’s going to be,” Munns said of the USS around the world.” At that, the crowd This achievement underscores what Jimmy Carter. “Every submarine class rose to its feet in a standing ovation. we have gets used for much more than we “Tied up in front of you is 12,000 tons I consider an indisputable fact – thought possible when we put it in the of proof that Electric Boat remains Electric Boat and its work force are water. That’s what so exciting about the absolutely committed to the U.S. Navy Jimmy Carter. We know how capable and the nation’s defense,” said EB Presi- irreplaceable national assets that this ship is, but we also know it will be dent John Casey, one of the events used in ways we cannot even envision must be sustained for our country’s speakers. “We are integral partners in now.” security.” – John Casey, Electric Boat president

2 I February 2005 I ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS New Building Enhances Work Of Hull-Coating Crew

hen Electric Boat employ- ees begin applying Mold- WIn-Place hull coatings to the aft sections of Hawaii (SSN-776) next month, they’ll be doing it within the confines of a brand-new building – one that promises to make the work safer, faster and more user-friendly. “We have services in this building like Electric Boat’s new MIP enclosure is ready for its first Mold-In-Place tile installation and pour. we’ve never had before within our tem- porary structures,” said senior operations analyst Ed Welles (252). “We have air processor up top, he said, is that it will banks. We have water. We have a built-in allow for the efficient flow-down of the shower and eyewash station on every MIP mixture. level for safety.” The new facility is also climate-con- And the new MIP enclosure features trolled, so regardless of extreme weather deck grating that will allow sandblast conditions, tradespeople who work Dan Barrett, grit to fall through to the bottom, mini- inside will be able to do so in relative Editor mizing time-consuming cleanup, he said. comfort. The more stable temperature Dean R. Courtney, “This building is going to save us a lot and humidity will also allow for the year- Contributing Editor of time and money,” Welles said. “It’s round application of MIP, something Bob Gallo, Gary Hall, just what we need.” that had been a challenge with the tem- Gary Slater, Though the vendor-built structure was porary MIP structures. Photography delivered to EB more than a year ago, Longo said the new enclosure, located this is the first time it’s being used, in Building 260, will be used in conjunc- Electric Boat News is explained carpenter foreman Rick tion with the MIP tile-fabrication facility published monthly by the Longo (252). established three years ago in the South Public Affairs Department, 75 Eastern Point Road, “There were a lot of people who Yard. The synergy between the two, plus Groton, CT 06340 helped us get this building to where it is a rail system that allows the new enclo- today,” he said. He added that the finish- sure to travel the length of the boat, is Phone (860) 433-8202 ing touches included, among other expected to make the entire process Fax (860) 433-8054 things, the creation of user manuals and much more efficient. the installation of MIP-processing “The building was designed to do 60 Email [email protected] equipment on the top deck of the struc- feet of MIP at a time,” he said. “When ture. we get done with one section, we can lay Welles said the built-in safety features out another 60 feet of track and move include a containment around the MIP the building down, close in the ends, processor to protect workers below from reconfigure the staging as appropriate, a spill. An added benefit of having the and we’re ready to go again.”

ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS I February 2005 I 3 Carpenter Adam Hunt, top, and carpenter apprentice Adam Brousaides adjust the staging around the rudder of the Hawaii (SSN-776).

ment of many, the team completed the job in just weeks using metal scaffolding almost exclusively, with very little wood. “It was a big goal of Operations to eliminate as much wood as possible in the building of enclosures and staging,” Beaudry said. “And the only place we used it here was up top, and to fill small gaps. This job was probably 90 percent wood-free.” Carpenter working leader Ken Adams (252) agreed that this particular staging job was a challenge, due to the MIP enclosure’s pre-existing framework. “You can do just about anything with the scaffolding,” he said. “You just have to take the time to think about it, and then just do it.” He said once the MIP enclosure is moved to the Hawaii’s mid- body, staging will be a snap since the building was designed for it. Carpenter Adam Hunt (252) said working within the MIP enclosure defi- nitely has its advantages over temporary structures. “It’s nice because you have a ledge to work off of as you’re moving up the levels.” Carpenter apprentice Adam Brou- saides (252) said he was happy to have Carpenters’ Innovative Scaffolding been selected for the MIP enclosure’s inaugural job. “The people I’ve worked Makes MIP Work Move Forward with really knew what they were doing,” he said, “so I’ve learned a couple things.” lectric Boat’s new MIP enclo- (252). “So we put together a team of Once the team completed the staging sure is expected to make the job some of our senior people who’ve been in late January, a blast-and-paint job got of applying Virginia-class hull doing this for a while, plus some appren- under way. That work was expected to E wrap up by the end of this month, with coatings relatively routine, but the first tices and a lot of our second-shift people. use of the new building has been any- “They took charge, and with very little the application of Mold-In-Place hull thing but. guidance from supervision or engineer- coatings beginning March 1. Though designed and built for the par- ing, they made it happen,” he continued. allel mid-body of the boats, the new “And what stands out most of all is their enclosure is being put to use on the aft attention to safety – they created a safe, sections of the Hawaii (SSN-776), a job comfortable situation for the other trades Right, undergoing conversion to a multimission SSGN, USS Florida (SSBN-728) undocks at made possible due to some clever staging to come in and work.” Norfolk Naval Shipyard, attaining a key work by EB’s carpenters. What the team was tasked to do, milestone in its transformation one week ahead “We knew this was going to pose a lit- Beaudry explained, was assemble scaf- of schedule. tle bit of a challenge,” said senior manu- folding around the conical aft and its facturing representative Bob Beaudry many geometric features. To the amaze-

4 I February 2005 I ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS USS Florida Reaches Key Conversion Milestone Ahead Of Schedule

PORTSMOUTH, Va. “All of the mandatory underwater he USS Florida (SSBN-728) work was performed to undock the ship, General undocked at Norfolk Naval in addition to the installation of pieces T Shipyard (NNSY) here, of key systems, which enables the ship’s Dynamics accomplishing a key event in the refuel- force to operate the ship while water- ing, overhaul and SSGN conversion a borne,” he said. Is Fourth week ahead of schedule. The remainder of Florida’s conversion With the undocking, the ship is work will be completed in about a year, Largest Defense returned to water, signaling the comple- with redelivery to the Navy scheduled in tion of all hull work. March 2006. Contractor NNSY and Electric Boat are jointly “General Dynamics Electric Boat and engaged in the refueling and conversion NNSY have accomplished this impor- With $9.6 billion in contract awards of USS Florida into a state-of-the art, tant milestone ahead of schedule,” said from the Department of Defense, Gen- multimission, guided missile submarine SSGN Program Manager Capt. William eral Dynamics was the fourth largest designated SSGN. The first four Trident Hilarides. “The continued progress on U.S. military contractor in 2004. submarines are undergoing this conver- the SSGN program is the result of a The top five contractors, with their sion – two at Puget Sound Naval Ship- dedicated, professional team from 2004 contract award totals, were: yard in (USS Ohio and USS GDEB and NNSY working together to Michigan) and two at NNSY (USS deliver a key capability to the Navy on a • Lockheed Martin ($20.7 billion) Florida and USS Georgia). compressed schedule.” • Boeing ($17 billion) According to site manager Dexter White explained that meeting Florida’s • Northrop Grumman ($11.9 billion) White, USS Florida entered drydock in scheduled undocking date was crucial, July 2003 for its Engineered Refueling since USS Georgia (SSBN-729) has • General Dynamics Overhaul. The conversion to an SSGN arrived at the shipyard to begin its Engi- • Raytheon ($8.5 billion) configuration began in April 2004. neered Refueling Overhaul and conver- “Approximately 52 percent of the con- sion. This work is scheduled for comple- version is completed,” said White. “The tion in late 2007. Lock Out Chambers (LOC) are installed Electric Boat’s workforce at NNSY on top of missile tubes 1 and 2, and mis- now stands at about 550 people. “We’ve sile tubes 3 through 24 have been modi- come a long way, and now with two fied, machined, painted and measured. ships we have plenty of work for the Work platforms are now being loaded future,” said White. “Come on down!” into the tubes to support the loading of the MACs (Multiple-All-Up Round Canisters – the containers that will house the missiles),” said White.

ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS I February 2005 I 5 We’ve been told that 2005 is the How will the company differentiate year when the mix of business on itself from other shipyards capable the waterfront will begin to shift of performing the same work? dramatically from new construction For overhaul and repair, our primary to maintenance and modernization. competition comes from the naval ship- Where would you say we are in that yards. We have to be proficient in terms business shift? of cost as well as schedule. We certainly We delivered two new submarines in have the skills and capabilities to perform 2004, a tremendous effort on the part of as well or better than the public ship- everybody in the company. And as that yards, but we must be more agile from effort has completed, we’ve also had to the standpoint of contracts, planning and improve our focus on the overhaul and the execution of the plan. The pace of a repair business. We’re about half-way short availability is very intense. so the through our transition – this includes the nature of the planning has to be agile alteration and installation work we’re and intense. We have to make sure that doing at Kings Bay and Bangor. We’re we meet the planning gates leading up to John Padgett III well on our way toward getting our assets the availability, so that we can anticipate aligned to support modernization, over- the work. The biggest shift in emphasis haul and repair. will be to realize that we’re going to be Shifting Focus doing similar projects over and over What is Electric Boat doing to gener- again, and that the pace of each project From New ate new modernization and repair will be quicker. business? Construction Michelle Kruger is coordinating EB’s Does the shift in work require any efforts to capture additional contracts in changes in management approach? To Modernization, maintenance, modernization, overhaul Yes. Management has to understand and repair as a lead in the newly formed that if you have a highly qualified, capa- Overhaul And Strategic Business Development Group ble work force – and we do – then it’s led by Kristin Fletcher. These efforts incumbent upon the leadership team to Repair: include the hard work done by Joe Muir make sure our employees are given the and his people in generating new work tools they need to get the job done – and PADGETT with the Navy’s Special Programs office. the tools would include the time and the Ken Tyler and his folks are in a perpetual planning, as well as the parts and pieces DESCRIBES effort to execute as much work as they can they need for the work. A good example under the Omnibus contract, and Larry would be the “open and inspect” process. Runkle is keenly focused on the total Let’s say you open up a tank during an WHAT’S repair environment. The key objectives of overhaul job and inspect it, then you these activities are to distinguish EB as the decide what the work requirement will be. NEEDED TO Navy’s acknowledged best-value life-cycle It’s different from new construction support provider and position the com- where you pretty much know what you’re SUCCEED pany functionally and politically to cap- going to see when you’re putting a tank ture more work in both the Navy’s existing together. In overhaul and repair, you submarine operations and maintenance might be working on a ship that’s been at Editor’s note: With the deliveries of USS Virginia (SSN-774) budget and work at offsite locations. EB is sea for five or six years, with a tank hasn’t and USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), Electric Boat’s facing many challenges right now as it been opened over that time. So you might workload will transition from primarily new transitions from a mindset of new con- find conditions you didn’t expect. That’s construction to primarily maintenance and struction to a mindset of maintenance, when you have to be the most agile in modernization. Overseeing this effort is modernization, overhaul and repair. Our your planning and responsiveness. You John B. Padgett III, VP – Submarine Life Cycle biggest challenges here on the waterfront have to get at issues early and hit that Support and Overhaul/Repair. Earlier this month, and at the sub base are to ensure that deck running, so the pace is going to be he participated in the following exchange with everything is in place to take on shorter harder. Management really has to be Electric Boat News. availabilities and demonstrate that we are responsive so that when new work is able to perform on the backlog. identified, technical and administrative

6 I February 2005 I ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS issues are quickly resolved so we can get operational schedule. Now, having said to get us aligned for overhaul and repair. started on the work. that, we want to deliver a quality product Everybody has to work together to meet and deliver it on time and at the right our safety, cost, schedule and quality What kind of adjustments will the price. But again, if you prepare for the goals. We have to focus on all these ele- waterfront workforce need to make work,give the qualified workers the tools ments. I think if everybody pulls on to perform this work? they need, you can have every expectation those, we’ll get there. Everybody has to understand that the you’ll get the job done properly and on At the same time, we can’t let our- period of performance is short and so the time. selves think we’re going to be only a intensity of the work during that period is repair yard. We still have to deliver going to be high. There aren’t any slow Will other organizations be involved Hawaii. We still have to make sure the days in the repair business. From the as the waterfront work transitions ships we’re building are delivered on moment the submarine enters the ship- to overhaul and repair? time, while meeting quality and cost yard, the operational Navy applies a lot of I really think so. It has to be a total requirements. We develop learning curve pressure to make sure the ship gets back shipyard effort. I mentioned already how advantages with new construction and I out to sea on schedule. We have to be important it is to do the planning prop- think we’ll develop learning curve advan- responsive and sensitive to that pressure, erly. The people who do the ship checks tages with the modernization, overhaul and that’s something the workforce really have to be knowledgeable and thought- and repair business as well. needs to appreciate. Once a ship is part of ful. . The trades have to be responsive to If you think about it, as the submarine the fleet, if you take it off-line for a week, the schedule demands. We can’t allow force gets smaller, the value of having a it affects a lot of things. If you take it off- ourselves to think that one individual or modernized and well-maintained fleet line for four months, there’s a much bigger small group can do it all, because they becomes more and more important. So I impact. The folks on the waterfront who can’t. The work is too hard to do, and believe what we’re doing is perfectly in are doing the hard work have to under- it really takes everybody to line with what the Navy is try- stand that there’s no slack in the ship’s accomplish. I’ve been ing to do. We have to ensure very, very pleased with that the ships we put to sea the efforts I’ve seen are as well maintained as they can be and as mod- Waterfront move ernized as we can afford. Joe Houle (501) handles a line as USS Seawolf That’s going to be the (SSN-21) is moved from Graving Dock 1 to the key to the success of South Wing Wall, where it will complete its Dry- the submarine force docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA). and Electric Boat. The second ship of the class, USS Connecticut (SSN-22), took Seawolf’s place in the graving dock on Feb. 23 to begin its own DSRA.

ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS I February 2005 I 7 bins will also feature their own color Process-Improvement Idea bags: blue for paper; green for cans, bot- tles, newspapers and magazines; and clear for trash. Enhances Recycling Program “We’re hoping that by having the recy- cling bins clearly labeled, and reminding everyone what is recyclable, people won’t llustrating the boundless potential of Donna Elks and Maintenance Area put non-recyclable items in them,” Dud- EB’s Process Improvement program, Manager Mike Street, Dudnik concluded nik said. a simple plan to eliminate the use of that EB Groton’s recycling program was I Elks said a primary purpose of the brown bags has mushroomed into a proj- ripe for change. changes is to increase recycling at EB. ect that will enhance and simplify the One such change being implemented “Of course, the more we recycle, the bet- shipyard’s recycling program. now is a consolidation of recycling bins ter it is for the environment,” she said. “It started with Paul Marceau of Facil- in the shipyard, Purchasing and Shaw’s On average, EB recycles more than 3,000 ities,” explained Lean Six Sigma Green Cove. Instead of five distinct bins at each pounds of paper per day. Belt Sara Dudnik (494). “He wanted to location, there will be just three: paper; Elks applauded Marceau for enlisting reissue the Industrial Security Bulletin on newspapers and magazines; and cans and the help of the Process Improvement recycling because Facilities was getting bottles. The tab run bin is being elimi- group from the beginning. rid of brown bags for tab runs, so he nated because tab runs are now printed “Submitting these ideas is very impor- went to Rock Martel to see if any other on regular paper, and the separate blue tant,” she said, “because something you enhancements might be possible.” bag bins aren’t needed because all office might consider almost benign can in fact Martel, the chief of Process Improve- paper discarded at EB is now being develop into something much larger.” ment for Groton Operations, asked Dud- shredded for security reasons. nik to study the matter. Working with Elks said simplifying the program Environmental Resources Manager should benefit everyone. “It was a complicated system before- hand for both the user of the bins and Fun Facts: the person who had to empty them,” she One ton of recycled paper saves 3,700 said. “It should be much easier now.” Janitor Bill Bonang pounds of lumber and 24,000 gallons In addition to being consolidated, the (505) places a green of water new bins will be clearly labeled on all bag into one of EB’s Five recycled plastic bottles make sides, eliminating the guesswork of what new color-coded enough fiberfill to stuff a ski jacket goes where. Paper bins will bear white recycling bins Recycling one aluminum can saves labels, can and bottle bins will be marked enough energy to power a TV for with green, and newspapers and maga- three hours zines will have red labels – “because peo- Reduction Tips: ple have read them,” Elks said with a Return the covers of unused EB tab chuckle. Trash cans, meanwhile, will runs to CSC so they are no longer remain gray. printed, distributed and discarded To help avoid confusion, the new Reuse folders and other envelopes when possible Save files and e-mails electronically instead of printing hard copies of everything When printing a document, print only the pages you need Circulate memos and reports instead of printing out a separate copy for everyone

8 I February 2005 I ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS Electric Boat Receives $150M CONTRACT To Convert USS Michigan To SSGN ROUNDUP The SSGN conversion program contin- to convert the first four Trident ballistic- ues to move forward as the U.S. Navy ear- missile submarines to an SSGN configu- lier this month awarded General Dynam- ration. The contract has a total potential EB lands $61 ics Electric Boat a $150 million contract value of $1.3 billion. modification to convert the USS Michi- The modification calls for Electric Boat Million Contract gan (SSBN-727) from a Trident ballistic- to convert the USS Michigan at Puget missile submarine to a Trident SSGN. Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington Modification for The modification includes $177 million concurrent with the ship’s Engineered in options for the conversion of USS Refueling Overhaul. Work will be per- Submarine Work Georgia from SSBN-729 to SSGN-729. formed in Puget Sound (67 percent), Electric Boat has been awarded a This award modifies a five-year, $1 bil- Quonset Point, R.I. (23 percent) and Gro- $60.9 million contract modification for lion contract announced in September ton (10 percent); it is scheduled for a various nuclear-submarine work. 2002 for design and related support work December 2006 completion. The contract modification requires Electric Boat to provide the necessary technical/engineering, design, logistics, U.S. Navy Awards EB $58M For Sub Work and program management support The U.S. Navy has awarded Electric performed in Groton (94 percent); Quon- needed to ensure the efficient design Boat two contract modifications for work set Point, R.I. (5 percent); and Newport, and installation of design and configu- involving Virginia-class submarines and R.I. (1 percent). Work is expected to be ration changes. Initially awarded March the USS Connecticut (SSN-22). The total completed by January 2006. 3, 2004, the contract could be worth value is $58 million. The second award allocates $17 million more than $1.1 billion over five years. In the first award, Electric Boat received to plan and prepare for the Drydocking Eighty two percent of the work will a contract modification for $41 million for Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) of be performed at Groton; 9 percent at research and development work on the the Seawolf-class submarine USS Con- Kings Bay, Ga.; 4 percent at Bangor, Virginia-class submarine program. This necticut (SSN-22). Electric Boat will per- Wash.; 4 percent at Newport, R.I.; award modifies a five-year, $78 million form advance planning, design documen- and 1 percent at Quonset Point, R.I. contract announced in September 2000 tation, engineering, procurement, ship- Work performed under this modifica- that is worth a potential $480 million. checks, fabrication and preliminary ship- tion is expected to be completed by Under the terms of this modification, yard work and other tasks necessary to February 2008. Electric Boat will perform development prepare for the performance of alterations, studies for Virginia-class design improve- repairs, maintenance, testing and routine ments, and will continue to evaluate new work on the submarine. The work will be technologies for insertion into succeeding performed at the shipyard and completed Virginia-class submarines. Work will be by December.

Foreign Relations Council Member Lauds Electric Boat

Editor’s note: Recently, Electric Boat have never seen so much enthusiasm among gett III, VP – Life Cycle Support and hosted a visit by members of the Council on my colleagues as at Electric Boat… Overhaul/Repair) provided the perfect clo- Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan organization “I wish every submariner could visit sure to the day, helping us to view the sub- dedicated to increasing America's under- Electric Boat. Your organization is truly a marine force as a central part of our standing of the world and contributing ideas to source of inspiration, worthy of recognition national defense system. Our discussion U.S. foreign policy. Following the visit, council as an emblem of what America can accom- helped us to understand the gravity of the member Benjamin Atkins wrote Electric Boat plish. I was particularly struck by a sense decisions that will be made with regard to President John Casey a letter of thanks. Some that anything was possible and by a com- our shipbuilding industry… excerpts follow. mitment to ceaseless self-improvement… “Thank you for your dedication and “We have been fortunate to enjoy vis- “You and Admiral Padgett (John Pad- leadership in our nation’s defense.” its to a number of organizations, but I

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229 Ernest J. Bessette Jr 251 Doris V. Guilment 405 Dennis T. Chin 505 John D. Adams 226 David P. Adams 30 years 31 years 29 years 10 years 31 years Welder-Struct. 1/C Painter 1/C Eng Specialist Janitor Shipfitter W/L 229 Stanley C. Hall 251 Richard A. Lambert 423 John A. Spinnato Jr 507 Dennis A. 226 Tharon R. 29 years 41 years 35 years Semmelrock Humphries Welder-Struct. 1/C Painter 1/C Inspectr-Recv-QC Spec 25 years 30 years Mt Elect Sv Eng 1/C Shipfitter 1/C 230 Reuben B. Fleming 251 Glenn F. Smith 424 Joan B. Jastromski 32 years 41 years 31 years 601 Eileen H. Smith 226 Rollin E. Rathbun Jr Rigger 1/C Painter 1/C Administative Clerk 38 years 29 years Executive Asst Shipfitter 1/C 230 Efren A. Mercado 252 William E. Balzer 455 Diana A. Barnett 28 years 32 years 37 years 795 Ronald C. Jenison 226 Frederick W. Weber Boom Crane Serv Carpenter 1/C Supv, Admin Services 36 years 35 years Engr 1/C Prod Planner Shipfitter 1/C 272 Stephen F. Tudisco Jr 501 Gary H. Hall Sr 241 Joseph A. Kelly 38 years 31 years 35 years STO-Sv En-Mech 1/C Foreman O S Electrician 1/C

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45 years 30 years 25 years 20 years 278 Arthur E. Muench 200 Randall L. Cote 241 Lawrence P. 472 Francis C. Laplante 100 Jeffrey L. Robichaud 431 Eleanor H. Beidelman 230 Douglas R. Church Brzozowski 472 Glenn O. Mortoro 243 James J. Laflamme 230 George R. Molyneux 241 Christopher J. 501 Donald P. Higgins 330 Sheryl S. Banning Mathewson 251 Rainer A. Ingves Jr 505 Francis J. Delia 403 Wayne R. Lenington years 252 Dennis J. Saran 241 John A. Rathbun 545 Thomas A. Ali 416 Om P. Verma 330 Paul R. Blouin 242 Patrick M. Jordan 644 Peggy A. Wheatley 425 Ralph F. Covino 40 242 Eugene P. Tillinghast 333 Donna A. Ayotte 663 Margaret Ladson 431 Robert D. Groner 272 Francis J. Hobby 419 Ronald A. Gheringhelli 243 Frank M. Majkut 706 Thomas R. O’Meara 431 Peter D. Leonard 423 Benjamin W. Pipech 443 Joseph J. Golub 251 Francis J. Breton Jr 795 Robert J. Goga 449 Lawrence H. Bogardus 456 Joseph M. Vacca Jr 459 Joseph P. Faulise 272 Bruce E. Laney 815 Alfred E. Kelly Jr 452 Arthur B. Sigersmith 495 Robert A. Pion 650 William P. Herlihy 322 Daniel O. Tremaine 901 John F. Dias 454 Dixon D. Simmons 915 Steven A. Mello 663 James H. Andrews 404 Mary V. Packer 901 Joseph J. Downing 472 Kimberly J. Bailey 901 Andrew E. McGarey 411 Christopher L. Callahan 911 Arthur G. Brouillard 495 Roger D. Legg 902 Robert J. Horner 414 James F. Giddings 950 Kevin M. Falk 507 Phillip J. Nunes years 904 James D. Cogan 434 Diane F. Bassler 950 Gerard H. Viens 614 Madeleine R. 904 Oliver R. Javery 434 Richard A. Cady Jr Dandeneau 35 445 Robert R. Desrochers 904 Biagio M. Micheletti 615 Lucille M. Hall 243 Stephen W. Morris 911 Francis R. Crump 445 R. Paul McEntarfer 702 Edward M. Wood 244 Maurice O. Moreau 911 Paul J. Herchen 447 Mark J. Roy 737 Gene T. Fujimoto 246 Paul D. Vergason 911 Ronald P. Korus 459 Donald B. Eagleson 816 James P. Formwalt 333 William R. Burley 911 James L. Lagor 459 Steven J. Hill 911 Leonard J. Tougas 423 Daniel C. Keane 924 Raymond J. Morrone 459 Christopher J. Reust 951 Otto W. Bode 463 John F. Waters 460 Edmund L. Curran 467 David M. Madore

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USS Georgia heads upriver for SSGN conversion

Against the backdrop of the city of Norfolk, Va., the USS Georgia (SSBN-729) makes its way earlier this month to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, where it will undergo refueling concurrent with its conversion to a Trident SSGN, a multimission submarine optimized for conventional strike and special operations support. Electric Boat is converting the first four Trident ships to SSGNs under a contract with a potential value of $1.3 billion.

Photo courtesy of Norfolk Naval Shipyard Public Affairs