New PNSY Facility Enhances Fleet Support
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS091003-07
Release Date: 10/3/2009 11:23:00 AM
From Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Public Affairs
KITTERY, Maine (NNS) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY), a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) facility, celebrated the opening of its new Transducer Test and Calibration Facility during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 25.
This state-of-the-art facility provides the Navy with a first-class acoustic test and calibration facility for sonar systems. Connecting the Transducer Test and Calibration Facility with the Transducer Repair Facility supports the shipyard's mission of providing a unique acoustic test platform capable of performing complex underwater acoustic testing with added quality, reliability and flexibility.
"Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the Navy's facility for the overhaul, repair and testing of hydrophones and transducers for both submarines and surface ships," said PNSY Commander, Capt. Robert Mazzone. "The collocation of this new test facility with the repair facility will enable us to become more cost effective in the refurbishment of transducers and hydrophones, and save our Navy millions of dollars."
In 2005, PNSY awarded a military construction contract for the Acoustic Test and Calibration Facility to replace the aging facility that dated back to the mid 1970's. The building houses a 1 million gallon acoustic test tank and attaches directly to the Transducer Repair Facility, combining the production areas with the engineering and testing facilities.
PNSY is one of NAVSEA's four public shipyards that maintain submarines and systems that support the maritime strategy.
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