SUPSHIP San Diego Complete Smart Ship And All Electric DSRA for USS Antietam (CG 54) Eight Days Ahead Of Schedule
NAVSEA Observer
Release Date: 10/23/2002
By Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP), San Diego Public Affairs Office
USS Antietam (CG 54) recently completed a six month Dry-docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) in San Diego, California. The highlight of this complex availability was the successful installation of the SMART SHIP and All-Electric Ship Alts. This is the second time that both installs have been performed simultaneously by NASSCO, the USS Mobile Bay (CG-54) was the first. Numerous lessons learned during the Mobile Bay installation were integrated into the Antietam availability.
Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP), San Diego acted as the Naval Supervising Authority (NSA), providing oversight for this lengthy overhaul and headed up the extensive integrated team who managed all repairs and alterations. The work package included five K-Alts, ten D-Alts, 5 AERs, docking work items (shafting, propeller blade installation, sea valves, hull preservation) tank repairs, main engine and GTG intake repairs, titanium fire pump installation and fire main system repairs, food service reefer upgrade, and self service laundry installation. Major ship alterations, during the availability, included WEIGHT and MOMENT S/A 9056K, TVDTS S/A 598K, SHF SATCOM S/A 321K and ATWCS S/A 511K.
To manage an availability of this complexity, SUPSHIP San Diego and Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) established a project team which worked in the contractor's facility with the contractor management team. SUPSHIP Project Manager Mr. Bob Krings and SUPSHIP Project, Officer Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Bill Cobb headed this team consisting of the Port Engineer, two Planning Yard on-site representatives, five SUPSHIP Ship Building Specialists, a dedicated Quality Assurance (QA) specialist, and a dedicated SUPSHIP Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO). Other members of the team included a representative from Combatant - Homeport Engineering Team (CHET), Smart Ship experts from NAVSSES Philadelphia, a Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Combat Systems Project Engineer and team, numerous AIT representatives. LCDR Jeff Bennett the Antietam DSRA Coordinator provided the key interface with the entire ship's crew who were all actively engaged in this availability.
Within the large quantity of work there was no single critical path, each critical work item was assigned a goal date within each phase of the availability to ensure all work and training requirements were supported. The ship reorganized for the DSRA under guidance and past experience of the ship's commanding officer, CAPT Rushton, who had prior experience as the Commanding Officer of USS Yorktown(CG-48) during that ship's SMARTSHIP installation. The integration and risk management of critical path items among all project team members was the key to success. All members on the project team were vital to the successful completion of the availability during a schedule which was compressed from 32 to 23 weeks
The simultaneous installation of SMART SHIP and All-Electric required extensive Ship's Force training, meticulous tracking of discrepancies and a critical plan path of communication and problem solving. A detailed plan was established several weeks prior to Main Propulsion Light Off Assessment (LOA) and followed through the successful LOA event.
The Commanding Officer of USS Antietam(CG 54) hosted a dinner party aboard ship on August 25th to thank everyone for a job well done on a successful DSRA. His comments praised all waterfront maintenance parties involved, stating this was the model for future cruiser conversion availabilities. On 27 August 02, after six months of teamwork, and numerous months of planning, Antietam departed NASSCO for sea trials. The sea trial was successfully completed on August 28th, eight days ahead of the original schedule.
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