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New Sub Trainer Set in Place by NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic

Navy NewsStand

Story Number: NNS071108-16
Release Date: 11/8/2007 5:49:00 PM

By Robin Willis, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic Public Affairs

NORFOLK (NNS) -- A key element in submarine training was set in place Oct. 18 as crane operators and riggers from Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Mid-Atlantic, lowered a Virginia-class Ship Control Operator Trainer (VSCOT) at Naval Station Norfolk.

Submarine crews will begin using the new VSCOT in May 2008.

Using a 130-ton all terrain-truck crane, the operators maneuvered this large piece of the VSCOT puzzle through the top of the building where the training will take place.

"I want to say thank you for a great job by each of you in support of the VSCOT installation" said Dr. Rosa Lee, VSCOT installation program manager. "It is so impressive and incredible that you successfully installed that huge equipment into such a tight fit. Your dedication, hard work, and professionalism are very much appreciated."

The trainer is being added to building CEP-166 by Naval Surface Warfare Center after receiving facility construction approval from NAVFAC in June 2007.

Demolition began June 25, 2007, to prepare the facility for VSCOT. Electrical work, equipment tuning, minor facility work, testing, system acceptance test and finally, free play by instructors, will continue before the trainer is accepted by the government.

VSCOT will support ship control crew initial certification qualification prior to reporting aboard the submarine and follow-on recertification. It provides basic and advanced training in diving, surfacing, submerged operations, periscope-depth operations, high and low speed operations, flooding, fire, and collision casualties, and ship control station casualties.

"The Virginia-class submarine represents a revolution in submarine technology and mission flexibility and will provide the U.S. Navy with the advanced capabilities it requires to maintain the nation's undersea supremacy well into the 21st century," said Lee.