USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

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Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on May 8, 2013 at 10:30pm

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on March 28, 2013 at 3:43pm

The aircraft carrier USS Abrarham Lincoln (CVN 72) arrived at Newport News Shipbuilding on Thursday, March 28, 2013 to begin its mid-life refueling complex overhaul (RCOH).

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on March 15, 2013 at 7:19pm

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on March 2, 2013 at 6:57pm

Mabus announces:

ACTIONS WE HAVE TAKEN TO DATE WILL CONTINUE, TO INCLUDE THOSE AFFECTING THE DEFERRAL OF MAINTENANCE FOR USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72); THE DEFERRAL OF REPAIR WORK FOR USS MIAMI (SSN 755) AND USS PORTER (DDG 78); THE DELAYED DEPLOYMENT OF USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75) AND USS GETTYSBURG (CG 64); THE CIVILIAN HIRING FREEZE; THE PLANNING FOR CIVILIAN FURLOUGHS; AND THE REDUCTION OF ALL TRAINING NOT RELATED TO THE READINESS OF DEPLOYED OR NEXT-TO-DEPLOY FORCES.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on March 2, 2013 at 6:30am

Comment by Robert Hartman on February 13, 2013 at 8:07pm

I waited 48 hours before making either post. You really think I would learn to wai till what was said actually happens.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on February 13, 2013 at 8:02pm

wait twenty minutes....maybe there will be another change!!!!!

Comment by Robert Hartman on February 13, 2013 at 6:33pm

Just as sure as the Navy always is about everything, no change of ship as previously stated.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on February 8, 2013 at 4:35pm

Lack of Funding Affects USS Lincoln Refueling and Complex Overhaul

Story Number: NNS130208-17Release Date: 2/8/2013 4:14:00 PM

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) will not start due to a lack of funding, the Navy said Feb. 8.

Lincoln was expected to move to Newport News shipyard next week to begin the overhaul. However, as a result of the fiscal constraints resulting from the ongoing continuing resolution (CR), the contract for the refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) has not been issued to Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

Lincoln will remain pierside at Naval Station Norfolk until sufficient funding is received to start the execution of the RCOH. In the meantime, the ship's Sailors continue to conduct maintenance.

In their 50 year life spans, one RCOH is scheduled for the midpoint of an aircraft carrier's service life. Lincoln was commissioned 23 years ago Nov. 11, 1989.

The impact of indefinitely postponing CVN 72's RCOH is three-fold:
* the time scheduled for the RCOH will have to be lengthened because the overhaul won't begin when it was expected,
* delayed redelivery of Lincoln to the fleet,
* and impacts to industry (takes away money/jobs and can delay subsequent scheduled availabilities).

Cancelling or delaying maintenance creates a significant backlog of deferred maintenance and affects future year schedules and costs, as well as future readiness. The delay in Lincoln's RCOH will affect other carrier work. Because of the short time available between sequential dockings, the delay will also result in day-for-day impacts to the defueling of the recently inactivated Enterprise (CVN 65) and the start of USS George Washington's (CVN 73) RCOH.

A yearlong CR impacts funds for fuel, parts, ship and aircraft repairs, base operations, maintenance for buildings, roads and runways, and salaries for our government employees and contractors.

The fiscal uncertainties created by not having an appropriations bill and the measures the Navy is forced to take as a result, place significant stress on an already strained force and undermine the stability of a fragile industrial base.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on February 8, 2013 at 4:32pm

yes...I can see our government radically changing the future of our Navy.....pray for our kids!!!  Panetta was pretty blunt in the hearings yesterday but think he is flogging a dead horse....

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