Australian Secretary of the Department of Defence Greg Moriarty and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Commander Capt. Richard Jones met on January 16th, 2024, during a familiarization tour of shipyard operations. (Photo Credit: US Navy/Dave Amodo)
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) is supporting the establishment of Submarine Rotational Force-West (SRF-W), which is the first phase of Australia, United Kingdom, and U.S. (AUKUS) security partnership’s Pillar One initiative that is delivering conventionally armed nuclear-powered attack submarines to Australia. Australian maintenance personnel are currently at PHNSY to develop their skills to build and sustain nuclear-powered submarines, building on previous visits to PHNSY and Barrow-in-Furness shipyard in the United Kingdom late last year. PHNSY is the largest, most comprehensive Fleet repair and maintenance facility between the U.S. West Coast and the Far East and provides a capable, ready and “Fit to Fight” Fleet.
Moriarty tours USS Vermont (SSN 792)
Cmdr. Michael Lilleberg, commanding officer of the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Vermont (SSN 792), explains Vermont systems to Australian Secretary of the Department of Defence Greg Moriarty during a tour of the submarine. Vermont, the first Block IV Virginia-class submarine to enter service, is a new construction submarine assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron (CSS) 1. The Pacific Submarine Force provides strategic deterrence, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, precision land strike, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, early warning, and special warfare capabilities around the globe. (Photo Credit: US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Barnes)
Originally published by US Navy on 16 January 2024. Access original link here.
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