The City of Norfolk has awarded Seaward Marine Services, LLC a five year contract to provide underwater inspection, maintenance, and repair on the Battleship Wisconsin. This is the second 5-year Battleship Wisconsin underwater ship husbandry contract the City of Norfolk has awarded to Seaward through a competitive bid process.
 

Seaward Marine Services Dive Vessel Coastal Pride Moored Alongside Battleship Wisconsin
This contract is key to the City of Norfolk long-term maintenance and restoration plan that includes appropriate testing and inspection of the ship hull. The purpose of this project is to ensure the watertight integrity of the ship’s hull and to conduct such maintenance as will permit deferral of the requirement for dry-docking as long as possible. The scope of work includes twice annual hull inspections, cleaning and maintenance of the Impressed Current Cathodic Protection System, conducting cleanings and full inspections of all existing sea chest box blanks and stern tube seals, and when necessary clean the underwater hull in preparation for ultra-sonic testing. The period of performance is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026.

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Crowley Government Services, Inc. awarded Seaward Marine Services, LLC Norfolk a firm fixed contract for Diving Services to support multi-ship non-retention lay up of USNS Kocak, USNS Obregon, and USNS Pless. The work package includes removal of all skin valves including installation of cofferdams to support the removal of the thirty overboard hull penetration openings for the installation of steel blanks. The contract also required conducting an underwater hull inspection and cleaning of the underwater hull and appendages. Work is scheduled to be completed by Seawards Diving Vessel Coastal Pride at Lamberts Point Docks during three separate January 15, through September, 2022 availabilities.
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Seaward Marine Services, LLC will provide diving services in support of cleaning and inspection of the underwater hull propeller, rudder, depth sounding fathometer, doppler speed log, sea chest gratings, opening of bow thruster gratings, and video inspection of the underwater hull and appendages. Seaward Marine Services designed, fabricated, and installed external stern tube seals to remain in place during layup. Seaward and provided diving services for the installation and monitoring of cofferdams sealing all external shell hull penetration openings in support of internal blanking of all skin valves completed by Marine Hydraulics International and ultrasonic testing of each hull penetration and spool pieces inside the vessel performed Seaward Marine Services NDT Personnel. Dewatering and pumping of all excess water and holding tank was accomplished by Accurate Marine Environmental. 

 

East Coast Repair and Fabrication contracted Seaward Marine Services to provide diving services in support of USNS Leroy Grumman at the River Port Terminal in Newport News, VA. Work was completed February 22-23, 2022 on budget and under the allotted timeline.
 

USS SIAPAN (LHA 2) (right) conducts underway replenishment with USNS LEROY GRUMMAN (T-AO 195)
Seaward Marine Services utilized Mobile 3 in Norfolk Virginia to complete the underwater work which included a video inspection of the underwater hull, and cleaning and inspection of the propellers, rudders, sea chest gratings, transducers, and appendages.

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Ocean Ships, Inc. has awarded Seaward Marine Services, LLC Norfolk, VA a firm fixed Purchase Order to provide a waterborne underwater hull cleaning and survey on USNS Gilliland (T-AKR 298). Period of performance was January 17-25, 2022 at Talton Terminal Berth in Baltimore, MD
 

USNS GILLILAND (T-AKR 298)

The underwater hull survey was completed using the Lamp Ray Remote Operated Survey Vehicle. Seaward's Lamp Ray® ROV is a portable underwater robotic hull scanner integrated with a topside data acquisition system and controller. It performs a comprehensive hull material condition survey using sensors for ultrasonic testing, dry film thickness, and cathodic potential. 
The LampRay is recognized by American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for Hull Gauging.
The service recognition is for thickness measurement of hull structure on non-ESP/ESDC vessels. 
1) by use of diver in the water with the handheld ultrasonic thickness measuring machine or Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) based Lamp Ray® Survey (controlled by the authorized personnel) to conduct the thickness measurement in the water. 
2) normal ultrasonic hull thickness. 

Hull Cleaning and LampRay Hull Survey were completed within the project timeline and budget by Seaward Mobile Dive Unit 2 and LampRay Underwater Hull Survey Team out of Norfolk, VA