The submarine Albany went around the corner to Portsmouth on Wednesday for its midlife overhaul, traveling a short distance for a long stretch away from base.
The Albany, a nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine homeported in Norfolk, will spend approximately 29 months at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth. The scheduled work involves removing the shaft and sonar dome for maintenance and modernization of its combat systems, a shipyard spokesman said.
The overhaul also will incorporate some firsts for the shipyard, spokesman Jeff Cunningham said. The yard created a toolroom close to where the work on the submarine is being done, he said. That’s been the practice for aircraft carriers, but because of the layout of the shipyard, it wasn’t done for submarines in the past.
The team also has incorporated additional management training to streamline the project, Cunningham said.
The Albany was commissioned in 1990, the 43rd nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine in the Los Angeles class and the fifth to carry the name of the New York state capital.
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