Surface Ship Repair

Contact Info

Oceaneering’s Surface Ship Repair Department provides full service, repair and alteration/modernization services for any type of U.S. Navy, Military Sealift, Maritime Administration or Commercial vessel.  Marine Services Division (MSD) is currently certified by the U.S. Navy under an Agreement for Boat Repair (ABR) N00024-98-H-8738.  We are also NAVSEA approved for Alteration Installation Team (AIT) contracts. Our weld procedures have been reviewed and approved by the American Bureau of Shipping for effecting repairs to Military Sealift Command and Commercial ships.  We provide the following capabilities to help you plan and execute your repair or alteration requirements.

Capabilities Include:

  • Design, drawing and specification work package preparation
  • Project Management, Supervision and Quality Assurance
  • Flexible hose manufacturing and repair. Ship to shop and on board replacement.
  • Complete Condenser, Chiller and Cooler repairs or manufacturing
  • Complete valve overhaul and testing
  • Mechanical installation and repairs to virtually any shipboard system including (but not limited to) weapons/cargo elevators, pumps, turbines, sliding pad-eyes, winches, boat davits and cranes
  • Electrical troubleshooting and repair to switchboards, controllers and motors
  • Complete Machine Shop, Fabrication Shop and Sheet-metal Shop manufacturing services
  • Habitability upgrades including berthing and galley modernizations
  • Hull and Piping repairs and alterations. Our Welders and Fitters are trained and qualified for all types metals used in ship construction
  • Certified welding procedures and fully qualified craftsmen for thin aluminum hull Service Craft repairs such as the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicles.
  • Hull, Deck and Superstructure repairs including HY-80, HY-100 and Aluminum repairs using ceramic backing strips for inaccessible areas.
  • In house manufacturing of flexible hoses from ¾” to 12” diameter. Installation processes include diver-installed cofferdams to provide two-barrier protection from flooding.
  • Alignment of motor or turbine driven machinery by conventional or optical methods.
  • Repair of hydraulic pumps, motors and piping systems including flushing and testing.
  • Complete disassembly, cleaning, repair and testing of plate type heat exchangers. In house capability to clean and re-roll or re-tube condensers, manufacturing of new tube sheets, and flushing and hydrostatic testing after repairs.
  • Repair and testing of valves from ¼” to 42” in diameter. Testing mediums include high-pressure air, water, nitrogen, oil and hydraulic fluids.
  • “Reverse Engineering” services to manufacture no longer available parts, and to rebuild obsolete machinery.
  • Repair of high/low pressure air compressors, air conditioning/refrigeration plant reciprocating and centrifugal compressors.