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NNSY, NNSA Complete USS Peleliu Boiler Repairs

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Story Number: NNS100827-05
8/27/2010

From Norfolk Naval Shipyard Public Affairs

NORFOLK (NNS) -- Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) and Norfolk Ship Support Activity (NSSA) personnel completed a boiler repair on USS Peleliu (LHA 5) while the ship was deployed in Bahrain Aug. 15.

NNSY and NSSA transported 22 people and more than 15,000 pounds of parts and tools from Hampton Roads to Peleliu.

The first members of the team arrived on the scene with two engineers Aug. 7, with the final work completed within a little more than a week.

"Having served on a steam plant I understand all too well what is involved with this repair," said Vice Adm. D.C. Curtis, commander, Naval Surface Forces. "I was very impressed when I heard the team completed these complex repairs and testing, normally accomplished during a depot level availability, in little more than a week after arriving on board."

Peleliu deployed in August 2010, providing relief to Pakistan after the country's recent devastating floods. When a boiler had trouble with a leaking screen wall and superheater tubes, it threatened to cut short the ship's humanitarian mission.

"Your efforts have contributed greatly to the ship's ability to complete its humanitarian mission, which is now so vitally important to the lives of millions of people in Pakistan as they recover from a natural disaster," Curtis said. "You have clearly set a new standard for ship maintenance that you should all take a great deal of pride in."

NNSY is one of Naval Sea Systems Command's four public shipyards that play a major role in sustaining America's fleet and provide wartime surge capability to keep the nation's ships ready for combat.