GD NASSCO Earl Industries to Support Deactivation of USS Enterprise

General Dynamics NASSCO Earl Industries, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $25,072,533 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-4303) for USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Ship Terminal Operation Program in support of the deactivation of the ship.

USS Enterprise is the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The only ship of her class, Enterprise is the second oldest commissioned vessel in the United States Navy, after the wooden-hulled, three-masted frigate USS Constitution.

Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by June 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $25,072,533 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Norfolk Ship Support Activity, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity.

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Press Release, November 4, 2012