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Moore Blames Contracting On Late DDG-51 Maintenance Deliveries; Does Not See Eisenhower Delay Repeating

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

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Moore Blames Contracting On Late DDG-51 Maintenance Deliveries; Does Not See Eisenhower Delay Repeating

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) pulls out of its port in Norfolk on Aug. 5 to move to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. for a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). photo: U.S. Navy

SAN DIEGO – The commander of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) said Thursday while the Navy is only delivering 30 percent of its destroyers out of maintenance on time, he is pushing to improve that. He added that contracting strategies are part of the problem, and said delays in USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) maintenance will not repeat on other carriers. “We’re only delivering 30 percent of our DDGs out of maintenance on time. We’ve got a backlog of submarine…

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