Marine Repair

USS Gerald R. Ford - Shot Blasting
Newport News, VA - Under construction, 350,000 SF
Leading a new class of aircraft carriers, the Ford bears the label of a "supercarrier" and has quite a few design advantages for increased efficiency and better operations. Several sections of the flight deck have been altered from the layout of the Nimitz-class flight deck to improve aircraft handling, storage, and flow. Under contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries, IFPC is preparing and installing exterior decking on the ship's vast flight deck, hangar bay, and interior decking. Using blast and recovery system (BRS) Vacuum Shot Blasting, technical specialists are preparing the surfaces for the critical decking necessary for the extreme conditions of flight take-offs and returns, as well as sea and weather forces. IFPC staff skillfully use BRS, mindful of the environment, as these systems blast and collect spent abrasive, contaminants, and dust simultaneously. The blast machinery varies in size from handheld/pneumatic devices to 7'x6' centrifugal equipment that can blast up to a 20" pattern.

USS John C. Stennis - Water Jetting
Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, WA - Completed 2014, 100,000 SF
Twenty-five IFPC personnel traveled across the country to board this 20-year Nimitz-class aircraft carrier to remove the decking material from the flight deck. Using water jetting technology, IFPC completed this task within 60 days, as the ship needed to be ready for deployment and meet U.S. Navy standards for an upcoming assessment by the Board of Inspection and Survey. The flight deck is 257 feet wide and 1,092 feet long, nearly four (4) football fields in length. Water jetting this surface prepares it for installing decking that has proper traction for launching and recovering aircraft. The Stennis accommodates 70 tactical aircraft and up to 6,200 Sailors and Marines.