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White House asks Congress for extra $5.7 billion for Navy submarine cost overruns

Stars and Stripes 26 Nov 2024
... about $5.7 billion in additional funds to cover cost overruns for three Virginia-class submarines, as well as for shipyard enhancements and higher wages to attract welders, pipefitters and engineers.
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White House asks Congress for extra $5.7 billion for submarine cost overruns

The Brunswick News 26 Nov 2024
... wages to attract welders, pipefitters and engineers.
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White House asks Congress for extra $5.7B for submarine cost overruns

The Day 26 Nov 2024
... about $5.7 billion in additional funds to cover cost overruns for three Virginia-class submarines, as well as for shipyard enhancements and higher wages to attract welders, pipefitters and engineers.
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‘Rosie the Riveter’ Lucille MacDonald dies at age 98 in Hawaii

Stars and Stripes 20 Nov 2024
MacDonald, a longtime Maui resident who narrowly escaped the Lahaina wildfire last year, was a shipyard welder during the war, according to Pacific Historic Parks, which announced her death in a news release Monday.
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Opinion: Marinette shipyard critical to strengthen U.S. Navy against Chinese threat

Wausau Daily Herald 03 Nov 2024
To build an additional ship every year, Marinette’s shipyard would need to hire new welders and other employees to accommodate this planned production expansion ... America needs Wisconsin shipyards to enhance global security.
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Richard Paul LeMaster, 77

The Lewiston Tribune 27 Oct 2024
11, 1946, and was called home to his Lord on Saturday, Oct ... Rick and his new family would relocate to Yelm, Wash., in 1973, where he would become a welder, working at Martinac shipyard, and as a welding instructor at Bates Technical College in Tacoma.
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The D Brief: A shipyard death; Another F-35 delay?; US troops wounded in Iraq; New ...

Defense One 23 Oct 2024
ProPublica reports on the death of a shipbuilder at Thoma-Sea, among Louisiana’s largest shipyards ...Today the lack of welders is acute ... Shipyards have been hit particularly hard by the gap, ...
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He Died Building a Ship for the U.S. Government. His Family Got Nothing.

ProPublica 22 Oct 2024
... Hispanic businesses on the long commercial and industrial strips leading to the shipyards and the Port of Terrebonne, offering positions for pipe fitters, riggers, deckhands, painters and tug welders.
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Navy steps up probe into improper welds on subs, surface ships at Newport News

The Day 14 Oct 2024
Those are the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, which completed its midlife overhaul at the Newport News shipyard in 2023 and is en route to its new homeport of Japan ... She said the shipyard ...
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Navy ramps up large-scale investigation into welding work at Newport News Shipbuilding

Daily Press 10 Oct 2024
Those are the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, which completed its midlife overhaul at the Newport News shipyard in 2023 and is en route to its new homeport of Japan ... She said the shipyard ...
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Bryan County woman celebrates turning 100 Years Old

Mckinney Courier-Gazette 06 Oct 2024
(KTEN) - A century of life is celebrated as a former shipyard welder and Bryan County native turns 100 this Saturday ... by traveling 1,572.8 miles to the California shipyards in 1943 during World War II.
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The Ships for America Act would be good for the Navy as well

The Hill 04 Oct 2024
It is hardly a secret that the U.S ... 20 ... More shipyards would be in a position to support shipbuilding needs. More shipyard workers that are in short supply, such as welders and fitters, could bolster the current legacy Navy industrial base workforce.
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Did Sabotage Stall the Navy’s Newest Nuclear Aircraft Carrier?

gCaptain 28 Sep 2024
Today, I have very serious news to share with you,” wrote Jennifer Boykin, President of HII’s Newport News Shipyard yesterday via LinkedIn ... Back in 2007, the Navy found welders had ...
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Lawmaker criticizes Navy secretary for nearly $2B funding shortfall for 2 submarines

Stars and Stripes 20 Sep 2024
SAWS would separate payments for shipyard workforces based on laborers who work on specific hulls, such as welders and pipefitters, and support services shipbuilders, such as supervisors and crane operators who work across a yard.
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Olympic College opens its new Shops Building

Kitsap Sun 14 Sep 2024
... OC, was hired by Lockheed Martin, and became one of its lead welders ... Now, the program that cultivates welders needed locally, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for example, and nationwide, has a new home.

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