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NEWS, Va., January 8, 1999 – Newport News Shipbuilding
(NYSE:NNS) announced today that it has been awarded a
$6.4 million contract by the U. S. Navy to overhaul and modernize
the destroyer USS Caron (DD-970).
Work performed will include
hull preservation and painting, and inspection and repair
of all main propulsion shafting and machinery space equipment.
Becky Stewart, NNS Director
of Ship Repair says, "One of the major items of the scope
of work for this ship is the installation of accommodations
for women at sea, reflecting the decision of the U.S. Navy
to include women in the crew of Naval combatants."
The ship will arrive at Newport
News Shipbuilding late this month and remain approximately
three-and-a-half months, until mid-May of this year.
Commissioned in 1977, the Caron
is named after Hospital Corpsman Third Class Wayne Maurice
Caron. Petty Officer Caron was posthumously awarded the Medal
of Honor for service in Vietnam.
Newport News Shipbuilding designs
and constructs nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines
for the U.S. Navy and provides life-cycle maintenance services
for ships in the Navy fleet. The company employs 18,000 people
and has annual revenues of approximately $1.8 billion.
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