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SHIPMAIN Keeping the Fleet Fit to Fight Better Than Ever

By on Saturday, August 13th, 2005

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US Navy, PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii: Pearl Harbor-homeported surface ships are in better material condition than in the past, due in large part to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard's (PHNSY) recent advancement of SHIPMAIN tools and philosophies.

Short for "Ship Maintenance," SHIPMAIN is a Navywide initiative to streamline surface ship maintenance and modernization.

The Shipyard has also decreased shipboard repair times, depite tighter maintenance budgets.


SHIPMAIN Keeping the Fleet Fit to Fight Better Than Ever

Official U.S. Navy file photo of The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) and her crew of more than 325 Sailors, returns to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, following a six-month deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. The ship left Pearl Harbor June 28th, as part of the USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) and spent most of her time in the 5TH Fleet area of responsibility conducting anti-smuggling, anti-piracy and anti-terrorism operations. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 3rd Class Ryan C. McGinley
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"[SHIPMAIN] allows us to do our work for less money," said Lt. Cmdr. Patrick McDermott, the Shipyard


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