New facility at Pearl Harbor will support Virginia-class submarines

摘要

The first building in a recapitalisation programme to modernise ship repair facilities at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii has opened and is designed to support Virginia-class submarines, among other ships, the US Navy announced on 29 November. The USD 15.8 million pro- duction services support facility is part of a 27-year effort to modernise the 104-year old shipyard - one of four yards managed by Naval Sea Systems Command.