22 March
10 March
8 March
22 February
19 March
8 February
17 January
28 December
21 December
7 December
3 December
30 November
29 November
15 November
14 November
13 November
9 November
6 November
4 November
2 November
26 October
EM120
19 October
12 October
5 October
28 September
31 August
24 August
13 August
10 August
19 July
16 July
7 June
The traction winch has arrived in the shipyard.
23 May
The factory floor at Dynacon, our equipment is
painted Green.
Winch control unit for aft control station.
Winch control for the wire storage room.
Load cell used by Dynacon to test winches on the
factory floor.
3 March
The bow thruster that was holding up module 1 has
arrived in the yard. This supports the revised schedule
The first of two cruise ships that AMI plans to deliver this year was out on its
second sea trial this past week.
23 February
When one visits the TECO Westinghouse motor plant, one is greeted outside by
longhorns.
Main motors in test stand
Thrust bearing on main motor (note the service covers)
9 February
Activity has increased to the point Where we have several modules under construction in various parts of the yard. Today was a major milestone in the ships life. We had the formal keel-laying ceremony.
Module 3 ready to land.
Dean Raleigh, one of the featured speakers at the keel-laying ceremony
Module 3 landed 2/09/01
Ships wheels have arrived in yard
Main motors being assembled at the Westinghouse plant.
9 January
Activity has started in the shipyard towards the construction of the ship. The following pictures were taken the week of the 8 January. The yard has started per schedule to cut steel for module 3. In addition, the sonar equipment and frames that are required in the lower hulls have arrived in the yard.
Our steel on the NC cutting table.
Cutting stiffeners for first modules.
Simrad equipment in warehouse.
The box holding the frames for the EM120. A visual inspection of the frames
showed them to be in good shape.
14 December 2000
On 14 Dec 2000, a meeting was held in Seattle to sign out the drawings that had
been approved by ABS. These drawings are the ones that form the building blocks
for the actual construction of the ship. From these drawings, GPA has a 3D model
of the ship, which is then broken down into modules, which the shipyard will use
to construct the ship. Signing for the Government is Pete Kilroy, for the
shipyard (AMI) was the project manager Craig Perciavalle, and from the prim
contractor (L/M) was Jeff Kline. The three are seated at the table from right to
left, and also in the picture are Tony Youssef assisting Jeff Kline from L/M,
and Doug Dixon, the project manager from PGA.
3/10/02/02