USS Truman begins overhaul with a $913 million HII award to Harry Brown. $913 million mid-term overhaul contract for the USS S. Truman, announced by the Pentagon

The USS Truman began overhaul at an offer of $913 million

HII awarded Harry M. $913 million mid-term overhaul contract for USS S. Truman, the Pentagon announced that HII's Newport News Shipbuilding Company has been awarded a $913 million contract for the mid-term overhaul and nuclear refueling of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75). The refueling and comprehensive overhaul (RCOH) of the USS Truman will carry out a complete bulkhead modification of the 25-year-old aircraft carrier and will also cap the carrier's two nuclear reactors.

The contract has a potential total value of $913 million and includes engineering, design, material procurement and manufacturing, documentation, resource forecasting and pre-overhaul inspections. The senior procurement work is scheduled to be completed in 2026.

Truman concluded a nine-month deployment to the Atlantic and Eastern Mediterranean on September 12, 2022.

As part of the FY 2020 budget proposal, the Pentagon proposed to decommission Truman and purchase two new Gerald Bush ships. R. Ford-class aircraft carrier. Then-Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan defended the cancellation of Truman's RCOH, arguing that it saved $3.4 billion in costs.

Congress rejected the proposal and approved the purchase of twin aircraft carriers and Truman's refueling. Currently, John S. The USS C. Stennis (CVN-74) is making its own break at the shipyard.

Unplanned work related to the GW overhaul program while serving in Yokosuka, Japan. The extended overhaul exposed the main quality of life problems of the sailors who lived on the aircraft carrier during the repairs. Nine sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier committed suicide, which prompted a survey of the quality of life.

The announcement did not set a time frame for Truman's arrival in Newport News. RCOHs account for about one-third of Newport News' business, with the other two-thirds focused on newly built carriers and submarines.