PMS 460 will have 16 headquarter billets that include 11 incumbent ones covering various Electric Ship initiatives such as integrated power systems. Navy has stood up a program office that will oversee acquisition, fleet introduction and sustainment approaches for the service branch's planned DDG(X) class of guided-missile destroyers, Seapower Magazine reported Friday.Īs part of organizational changes, the newly formed PMS 460 organization will operate under Program Executive Office Ships and absorb the Electric Ships program office.
Crews there previously had to use multiple forklifts to access weapons like the missiles, but with the increased square footage - a growth from 6,000 to 40,000 - that work can be done with just one forklift, and can be conducted more safely, the Navy said.The U.S. This $38 million project, dedicated Monday, built what are called “Type D” munitions storage magazines, as well as one inert storage facility. The aircraft carrier parked at the island's 1,650-foot-long pier to offload munitions, home to "Big Blue" - the Department of Defense's largest container crane, named for its pastel blue color, capable of hoisting 89,000 pounds of munitions and ordnance. The USS Nimitz also made a stop at the island before returning to Bremerton from its record-setting deployment. Most recently, the USS John McCain was added to five homeported there. Meanwhile, Everett's destroyer fleet has been growing. It averages around 50 vessel visitors each year - anything from mighty aircraft carriers to stealthy submarines homeported in Puget Sound.
The little-known Indian Island installation is often the last stop for boats and ships of the Navy based in Kitsap to load up on fuel, food and munitions as they head to the open ocean. Stanford said the project was a "much-needed modernization effort." “These new storage magazines will enable the installation to better support the current operational needs of the fleet in a safer, more efficient manner," said Juliane Stanford, a Navy spokeswoman.
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