Naval Station San Diego Gets New Pier
Navy NewStand
Story Number: NNS030421-13
Release Date: 4/21/2003 5:03:00 PM
By Geoffrey Patrick, Naval Media Center, Fleet Support Detachment, San Deigo Public Affairs
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- In 1946, piers 10 and 11 at Naval Station, San Diego were constructed for the Navy's growing mothball fleet.
After serving the Pacific Fleet for over 50 years, technology and age have finally caught up to these piers. The two 30-foot by 1,300-foot piers are being replaced by a single 120-foot by 1,500-foot pier specifically designed for deep draft, power-intensive ships.
Scheduled for completion by February 2004, the pier has been designed with safety, technology and the environment in mind.
According to Naval Station San Diego Public Works Officer, Cmdr. James Wink, the new pier is a bigger pier than other piers at Naval Station, it will be less congested during operations and will provide a safer work environment for the Sailor.
At an estimated cost of $42 million and 700 days of construction, the environment has been given special consideration in the design of the pier.
"The pier was designed with a mechanical system to be totally encapsulated in a utility trench on both sides of the pier. This was designed and constructed this way to prevent any type of leakage to the bay" said Project Manager, John Dye.
Dye also points out that this pier has one of the first design requirements of storm water discharge.
The entire pier will drain into a piping system that collects all the storm water and any kind of debris at the head of the pier. This design concept will be incorporated in any future Navy pier facility construction.
When it comes to recycling, little goes to waste, "The contractor is going to be using the concrete piles and some of the debris from the deck to build a deep water reef in the ocean near San Diego," said Dye.
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