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Oceaneering Marine Service Division’s (MSD) 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. 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.
Capabilities to help plan and execute repair or alteration requirements include:
- Design, drawing, and specification work package preparation
- Project Management, Supervision, and Quality Assurance
- 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 with Welders and Fitters 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
- 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 with testing mediums including high-pressure air, water, nitrogen, oil, and hydraulic fluids
- Reverse Engineering services to manufacture no longer available parts and to rebuild obsolete machinery
