USS Abraham Lincoln Sailors Complete Major Step in Its Overhaul

Sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) completed a major step in its overhaul and saved the Navy nearly $500,000 when all four catapults of the Lincoln’s flight deck were removed, along with their bottom sheathing Jan. 18, due to the effort of 30 V-2 division Sailors.

“Not only is the catapult removal process unprecedented for ship’s forces during an RCOH period, but we also did it quickly,” said V-2 Division officer Lt. j.g. Matt McCauley.

V-2’s Sailors also removed the catapult’s sheathing bands and panels.

“That is almost 18 tons of steel in total, as well as the insulation or ‘lava-rock’ from the catapult’s trough,” said Senior Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Frank Bartanowitz, V-2 division.

V-2 division’s teamwork with Huntington Ingalls Industries – News News Shipbuilding shipyard workers allowed them to begin their inspection for structural corrosion beneath the catapult troughs sooner. In all, Lincoln’s V-2 Division saved 4,800 man-hours of labor from shipyard workers, saving the Navy $480,000.

V-2 Division is now taking on the task of removing the side sheathing in each catapult’s trough, which will save the Navy and the shipyard even more money.

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Press Release, February 1, 2013; Image: navy